The newspaper is dead; is journalism?

A fascinating, historical, account of revolution in communication is tied to the present in this essay by blogger Clay Shirky. A key point: "Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism." He goes to the beginnings of the printing press, pointing out that when movable type was invented, it created all kinds of societal changes and changed the old world forever. He postulates that we are at this place now. The old world -- print -- is being replaced. By what? He says we won't know until well after it happens. A thoughtful essay.