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Here is what I have noted from each of the contributors.

Each Nation its Own Press :-Jay Rosen

Rosen discusses how the emergences of blogs are challenging the traditional forms of media. As, AJ Liebling said “the freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one”. The blog is slowly changing this theory with the public and the more general community being able to play a more active role in “participatory journalism”.

Nullius in verba Navigating Through the New Media Democrcay:- Lance Knobel

Knobel argues that media has only recently acquired the trappings of true democracy, This has been achieved through the emergence of new technologies such as weblogs, wikipedia, google and RSS.

The End of serious Journalism? :- Eric Beecher

Beecher examines the threat that new technologies pose to serious journalism. The emergence of digital news, is likely to see a fall in serious journalism, old media establishment are being challenged by the internet, given that much of it is funded from advertising which is now switching to the internet. Movement towards accessing news in near time, is likely to also result in a loss of quality journalism.

The Future of Fair Dinkum Journalism:- Margo Kingston

Kingston talks about experiences of Webdiary, and how it has allowed members of the public and the journalist to engage together, in what Rosen would define as “participatory  journalism.”    

Frontier Tales The hype and the reality of the online transformation of News:- Guy Rundle

Rundle discusses how the old media has become pluralized, with only a few owners now controlling the media, and pushing an editorial agenda which is driven by neo-liberal conservatives. He argues that bloging is unlikely to lead to either “frontier utopia” or the dominance by corporate media.

Scaling the Icy Peaks of The New Media:- Andrew Clark

Clark raises the problems journalist face, these days in getting a story being fobbed of to PR or media adviser when trying to gain a story. Once again like other writers Clark, touches on the emergence on new technologies such as the internet, hand held devices and blogs, that young people are turning to for news. He talks about the rise of internet advertising, the need for news on demand etc. As Clark correctly argues new technologies are not leading “freer media landscape”. Old media is now moving into the world of new technologies through online advertising and media.