Amy Webb didn’t have to look far for an example of how Spark Camp, an "un-conference" she helps organize, pulls disparate people together for an informal exchange of ideas and problem solving. Read more »

The Dallas Morning News has reduced its reliance on advertising, which accounted for more than three-quarters of its revenue in 2007, a development that appears to give publisher Jim Moroney III hope that the essential service provided by a major daily newspaper — public service, watchdog journalism — will continue. Read more »

The immediate future does not look bright for U.S. newspapers, according to a recent Wall Street Journal story that says estimates for advertising revenues have been lowered, said a Poynter.Org report that notes, without a hint of irony in this age of paywalls, that anyone interested in reading the Journal's story will have to be a subscriber. Read more »

The phone hacking scandal that has rocked British journalism and Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forcing the closure of the News of the World, continues to reach into the United States, with the arrest in London of the Hollywood-based editor for the disgraced tabloid, the New York Times reports. Read more »

The independent body that oversees national elections in Canada has urged the federal government to reform a 73-year-old law that bans the transmission of news, opinions and results before polls close in the Western part of the nation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reports. Read more »

The trend to charge newspaper readers for access to online content continues as the MediaNews Group is the latest to U.S. company to unveil plans for paywalls, PaidContent.Org reports. Read more »

Google and the Associated Press (AP) have teamed up to launch a $20,000 scholarship aimed at students striving to create projects that focus on digital journalism. Read more »

Reporters Without Borders has criticized the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry smartphone for cooperating with British authorities in their investigation of recent riots, and British officials for considering restrictions on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Read more »

Haiti is still digging itself out — literally, financially, politically and culturally — from the devastating earthquake of January 2010, while the Haitian news media, crucial for keeping a critical eye on the complex rebuilding effort, is Read more »

News Corp.'s feisty leader Rupert Murdoch has reasserted his authority, according to accounts of Murdoch's recent encounter with U.S. stock analysts and reporters, reported Mediabistro.com. Read more »