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Replied Feb. 1, 2008

About Me: I study newspaper digital media, social networking, alternative platforms and more for the newspaper industry. Prior to this job, I was an editor for the Virgin Islands Source; I also worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's MKE and for the Lawrence Journal-World.

Share your thoughts about how the newsroom of the future should be different . (And if you do, please post a copy of your answer in the forums).: The newsroom of the future should focus on gathering information and storytelling in platform-flexible (or agnostic) ways. However, we still need specialists -- people who are especially good at writing or photography or graphics, but I hope the people we need will expand to include videographers, database experts, computer programmers and the community.

Earlier this year, the Newspaper Association of America published "Imagining the Future of Newspapers," a series of 20+ essays from some of the best thinkers in the digital media and newspaper industries. Go to www.naa.org/blog/futureofnewspapers to read the perspectives and comment.

At 5:26pm on March 30, 2008, Greg Linch said…: Hi Beth,
I saw your post on the conference group and just wanted to introduce myself.

At 7:27am on February 13, 2008, Beth Lawton said…: Working really hard on two projects right now:

The Digital Edge Awards (Feb. 25 in Orlando!) and the Online Community Cookbook. Stay tuned for both later this month.