.Scenarios for the future of journalism http://www.journalism2025.com/bundles/svdjui/documents/Scenarios-for-the-future-of-journalism.pdf

It’s time for a dramatic new approach grounded in community service. In a new report underwritten by the Ford Foundation that will be released tomorrow at Montclair State’s Engage Local conference, I attempt to draw lessons from a world not usually thought relevant to journalism: the three-decades-old movement of national and community service programs such as AmeriCorps, City Year, and Teach for America.

Some of the country's biggest news organizations are banding together on a new test of news-gathering drones. ABC, NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, and Reuters are among the 15 outlets that are on board for the research effort, which was announced on Tuesday. via Major media companies unite to test 'news drones' - Jun. 16, 2015.

Executive Summary - Reuters Digital News Report 2015.

Blendle signs up German major national newspapers - Business Insider.

Reuters makes some content free, citing 'unprecedented' shift | Capital New York.

For news organizations, this was the most important set of Apple announcements in years » Nieman Journalism Lab.

When it comes to where younger Americans get news about politics and government, social media look to be the local TV of the Millennial generation. About six-in-ten online Millennials (61%) report getting political news on Facebook in a given week, a much larger percentage than turn to any other news source, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

By DONNIS BAGGETT Executive Vice President Texas Press Association The newspaper industry steamed successfully through the stormy seas of the 84^th Texas Legislature, passing crucial First Amendment legislation and protecting public notices, public records and open meetings. Yogi Berra’s old saw “it ain’t over till it’s over” came to mind more than once, with seemingly dead bills coming back to life and supposedly done deals coming undone.