The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has devoted the winter issue of the Nieman Report to examining the digital road ahead for journalism.

From the introduction by editor Melissa Lutke:

We live in a time when President-Elect Barack Obama breaks news on his Web site’s newsroom blog, speaks to the nation through YouTube, and invites everyone to share ideas on change.gov. At the same time, newsrooms confront the reality of a broken business model, and journalists search for direction in this new territory as they seek to reset the bearing of what “true north” means. In this issue, neuroscientists and social media analysts, digital journalism entrepreneurs and newsroom reporters and editors, explore how the best of what journalism can be can find a home in the era of digital media.

There appears to be a wealth of interesting reading here.