OurPDX shared links for May 4th: The ‘future of journalism’ edition

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Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for May 4th:

Comic: Least I Could Do
– PAgent found this on-topic gem; do click through to set the stage visually for the next few links, won't you?
How hyper is your local? | Cold Type
– Columbian employee John Hill shared his own thoughts about BarCamp Portland in this post, including this excerpt: "How hyper is your local? Love that. I can’t recall who said it, but some witty soul at PDX BarCamp III shared that in a lively discussion I cohosted with two coworkers (Web editor Jeff Bunch and Web developer Patti Hill, no relation) today at Cubespace. Our session: “You are publisher of a daily newspaper. How do you escape the carnage?” '

Unfortunately, we didn’t walk away with any clear answers on how to avert disaster, something our newspaper is facing head on these days. We did, however, seem to agree that so-called hyperlocal journalism and advertising is likely to be the last idea standing after the shakeout that’s begun in the newspaper industry.
abrahamhyatt.com » Announcing Digital Journalism Camp Portland, August 2009
– Abraham has given us some marching orders here: "It’s official: Sometime in mid August, Portland will be home to a one-day conference on digital journalism. What’s digital journalism? This is my definition: It’s where traditional print and broadcast journalism, blogging and web-based innovation meet. This is not some far-off future for the industry. It’s happening right now, all around us. And reporters, bloggers, editors, and broadcasters have a lot they can learn from each other.

I want us to shut up about about the death of newspapers and start talking about how we, as journalists, are innovating right now — what’s working, what’s not, and how we can get better at what we do.”

Amen, brother. A-MEN!
BarCampPortland Journalism Recap — Another Blogger
– I was going to follow up with my own notes from the recent journalism sessions at BarCamp Portland – but why should I bother when Aaron Hockley's already done so?
CC to Feed PDX News–from Sacramento | Oregon Media Insiders – Lynn calls it as she sees it: "I am continually amazed at how the media conglomerates are strangling themselves. LOCAL IS ALL YOU HAVE, YOU DOLTS."