theblogpaper is a user-generated blog-newspaper hybrid that has recently appeared in London.

We live in the age of omnipresent reporting.  From live-blogging to citizen journalism, it’s almost impossible for most events to slip through the cracks. The story of New York Times reporter David Rohde is one of the few examples of successfully keeping news from spreading and with good intentions.
Just over a week ago, David Rohde escaped from the Taliban after being their hostage for seven months.  It came as a surprise to the public, but soon the amazing story of media cooperation surfaced.  When Rohde was captured along with another local reporter and a driver, The New York Times feared [...]

PSFK recently asked our global network of experts, The Purple List for their thoughts on the future of journalism. We received answers that imagine a variety of possible scenarios, though a common theme emerged which points to a system that combines crowd-sourcing with some kind of editorial curation and professional reporting. If you want to share your ideas about where news reporting is heading, leave your thoughts in the comments.
What is the Future of Journalism?
“I’d go with fragmented tribal media. Ground up, Wikipedia-style editing. Private philanthropy will support institutions like The New York Times, if they exist as printed media. [...]

In today’s hyper-connected world, news and information can come from anywhere, at any time. No longer do television, newspapers and even mainstream websites have a lock on reporting what’s happening around the globe. When reporting is as simple as sending a Twitter update, we all can be a kind of new school journalist.
A story that comes out of the recent Israeli-Palestine conflict brilliantly illustrates this state of affairs. As an Israeli ban on reporters in the Gaza strip has severely limited the amount of information coming out of the area, a series of text messages from Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert [...]

Saturday night’s plane crash in Denver had an interesting bit of news pop out of the unfourtunate mishap. Mike Wilson, aka Twitter user 2drinksbehind was the first person to report on the crash via Twitter’s micro-blogging platform. His series of tweets (complete with a photo of the crash site) read as a play by play of the harrowing experience of surviving and navigating the chaotic scene. The reports hit Twitter about 30 minutes before any mainstream reports of the incident surfaced. Although a series of 140 character text messages can’t be considered a robust news piece, it is an interesting [...]

Interesting news from the worlds of citizen journalism and open source learning – the Oakland Press has just announced that they will be opening a classroom for citizen journalists. The newspaper will train anyone who’s interested in news writing, videography, photography and reporting basics. Once participants have finished their training they’ll have the chance to get published online or in the print version. More ambitious citizen journalists can also work their way up into becoming a freelancer for the paper.
Jeff Jarvis comments on what this new model means:
So the education and the relationship goes well past the classroom, of course. [...]