Patch, Who You Calling White Space?

Local -- not long ago the domain of newspaper, TV and radio behemoths so dominant that barriers to entry made competition seem unthinkable -- is now open territory, a vacuum to be filled by a combination of youthful journalistic energy and state-of-the-art technology.

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Bay Area Online News Renaissance: 7 Pointers Forward

For daily newspapers, the growth of alternative journalisms is both a promise and a threat. It's a promise of getting high-quality, low-cost (California Watch charged even large metros just a few hundred dollars, though it is reviewing its business models going forward), without having to pay ...

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