From Reuters: (posted June 29)

The union representing workers at Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper has agreed with the paper to sit down with a mediator to try to hammer out a new contract and avoid a strike, the union said on Monday.

Check it out, but here's some intro text:

Ever captured a natural disaster or a crime on your cell-phone camera? Filmed a political rally or protest, and then interviewed the participants afterward? Produced a story about a local issue in your community? If you've done any of these things or aspire to, then you're part of the enormous community of citizen reporters on YouTube, and this channel is for you.

The YouTube Reporters' Center is a new resource to help you learn more about how to report the news. It features some of the nation's top journalists and news organizations sharing instructional videos with tips and advice for better reporting.

If you have experiences on reporting the news yourself and would like to share your tips, feel free to submit them for inclusion on this page.

There are tips available from Katie Couric, Bob Woodward and Ariana Huffington, to name a few.

(Seen first at Twitter)

The Seattle Courant was that Pacific Northwest city's first online-only newspaper. It is turning off the servers. Publisher Keith Vance explains what went wrong and offers some advice to future online news entrepreneurs:

Many people on Twitter pointed to a Monday blog posting by scientist Michael Neilsen about how entire industries fail and what it might mean to scientific publishing.

He analyzes what's happening to the newspaper industry. On first read, I think his analysis is spot-on.

Wired editor Chris Anderson, author of the new book Free, responds to a less-than-flattering review from New Yorker writer Malcom Gladwell, particularly Gladwell's peevishness at the notion journalists might be paid to organize other writers rather than scribble themselves.

(If you haven't seen it yet, please check out my earlier post.)