The impact of new technologies on journalism is a continuing theme of the Communications Forum. Three of the papers grouped below were originally delivered at MIT conferences and have been revised for this posting. Henry Jenkins' speculative introduction is published here for the first time.

Bearings
by Henry Jenkins

Audience and Online News Delivery:
the Impact of Technology on Editorial Gatekeeping
by Elizabeth Rogers

Online Newspaper Market Size
and Use of World Wide Web Technologies
by Wendy Dibean and Bruce Garrison

Happy Valley and Beyond:
Establishing Local Identity for Online News
by Bob Stepno

Other Forums centered on journalism and new technologies include:

Grassroots Coverage of Local Events
Journalism and Cyberspace 1
Journalism in Cyberspace 2
New Media and the Elections