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‘… when major events occur, the public can offer us as much new information as we are able to broadcast to them. From now on, news coverage is a partnership.’

A journalist wonders whether the mainstream news media will adapt fast enough to their changing relationship with the public to survive.

Homepage of Coastsider.In May 2004, Barry Parr, a former Web site architect for the San Jose Mercury News and CNET’s News.com, introduced his own new Web site to an online…

“Let me begin with a confession. After watching television coverage of Katrina for nearly every wakeful moment over the first few dramatic days, I quit. Cold turkey,” writes Curtis Wilkie,…

‘Our neighborhood should’ve gotten more media attention well before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.’

‘There was so much destruction that I couldn’t put down my camera.’

In small, forgotten towns of the Gulf Coast, a reporter tells the stories she heard amid the hurricane’s devastation.

‘The first step is admitting that you don’t know what you don’t know.’

‘Class and race are inextricably bound up in New Orleans, and trying to make sense of it was as hard as trying to get accurate information.’

‘The human element was accentuated, and the best of the writing was impressionistic.’