Crisis Reporting

The New York Times: "America’s three broadcast network news divisions have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq. - - Iraq has been, according to some executives, the most expensive war ever for TV news organizations."

New Business Models

Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation starts to fund international health reporting.

The NYT: Gates Foundation Gives Millions for Coverage of World Health

Foreign Correspondents

Two American news companies start sharing the work of their foreign correspondents.

AP: McClatchy, Christian Science Monitor to share copy

Crisis Reporting/Mumbai

The role of citizen journalism was important in reporting the terrorist attack inMumbai according to the NYT: "The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media".

The New York Times: Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks

Crisis Reporting/Mumbai

The newest test for the global news media was the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. According the first news media analysis the traditional news media was beaten by social media, Twitter.

The New York Observer: Twitter Grows Up