Do to the consolidation of the ownership in traditional newspaper and television outlets, other venues HAVE to arise to fill the vacuum that exists. If someone is a diligent reader they know that the majority of planet impacting and people and pocketbook issues are completely ignored by Old Guard guardians who are more vested in keeping the people ignorant as opposed to informing them. The best example is how almost all political reporting is focused on the horse-race aspects of polls and personalities and completely ignores policy.
Lots of unemployed journalists as well as a large class of excellent citizen writers/researchers combined with income streams like Kick Starter means that New Wave Internet fueled journalism should be right around the corner.
I’ve been waiting years for it to happen.
