Mike and I ponder the plight of Judth Miller and credibility issues surrounding reporters and blogger-reporters. Can software replace editors in determining quality of content and reliability of sources? Also, we touch on the New Times' purchase of the venerable Village Voice.

(excuse the lousy audio editing...My skill set is video editing)

This quote from the Washington Post on citizen journalism. Think the company is feeling the pressure from the success of Backfence?

"Can't tell you when, but we're working on a handful of other ways to engage users, and among them is allowing for submission of content from outside sources. But there are a lot of details to be worked out before we're ready to go live."

The New York Times gets creative in reaching readers with an ineterst in entertainment using a targeted channel. Very clever idea.