Chair of Boston University's Journalism Department, Lou Ureneck, describes the overall condition of US journalism and its ramifications.

Web journalist Dennis Fisher praises the editorial independence he experiences at Threatpost.com but regrets a lowering of the barrier between news and business operations at some media organizations.

Editor Dennis Fisher of Threatpost.com, Christian Science Monitor reporter Pete Spotts and Boston.com editor David Beard comment on handling embargoed material in a digital age.

What length should material submitted to news organizations be? How much might get used? GlobalPost.com Editor Andrew Meldrum is realistic about usage, based on analysis of readership data.

Very Twain-like, David Beard says reports of the Boston Globe's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Web copy may involve fewer editorial cycles than journalists prefer, though online access allows for easier correction -- something Monitor reporter Pete Spotts considers a mixed blessing.

"Citizen reporter" Steve Garfield emphasizes how technology vastly amplifies the number of people with newsgathering opportunities.

Threatpost.com editor Dennis Fisher considers social networks a key new route to relationships between media and their audiences.

Pete Spotts of the Monitor compares journalism's transition to online delivery from print means to a lab test with no experimental controls -- it's forcing trials of many new technologies and news-gathering approaches.

Correspondents managed by GlobalPost editor Andy Meldrum propose stories as often as assigns them. Together they look for a balance in topics, so new story ideas may come from multiple sources.