Kevin: Jeff Jarvis looks at a recent column in Newsweek. Journalists used to need two skills: Writing and reporting. But now they need a range of multimedia and internet skills. Distraction? People are just as informed.

Kevin: Dan Gillmor, director of the centre for citizen media, Michael Manness, vice president of strategic planning for the newspaper division of Gannett News and Rich Skrenta, CEO of Topix.net discuss changes in news on KQED.

Kevin: Editor & Publisher in the US looks at three recent newspaper website redesign. The new designs emphasise multimedia and interactivity. Sites that remain static risk falling behind. Change, improvement and innovation must be constant.

Kevin: Dan Gillmor comments on a Dave Winer post about ‘Web 3.0’ and the embrace of bloggers and other kinds of media “without interpretation by professional reporters.” Dan says: The collaborative potential is what gets me going. We can create new mo

Kevin: Great article by Cory Doctorow about keeping trolls from taking over your corner of the internet. I love the term “troll whisperer”, who have an ear for text and good ideas about how to take on trolls. More sophisticated methods are required.