Interview with Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, discusses the future of education and the problems facing America’s antiquated education system. Wise talks about the decline in graduation rates and how the No Child Left Behind Act has been inadequate in providing sufficient remedies.

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Amra Tareen, CEO and founder of AllVoices, talks about the dynamic online community she created for people across the globe to create news together. She discusses the differences and similarities between citizen journalists and citizen writers and also talks about ethics and copyright issues relating to citizen journalism.

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The Wall Street Journal is well known for having a popular and profitable pay website. Turns out its British rival, Financial Times, has one, too.

FT's chief executive John Ridding told David Carr of the New York Times that his paper's website not only made money last year, it registered a 15 percent increase in digital subscribers.

The Financial Times uses a metered system like the NYT will employ starting next year ... after three visits, readers have to register, and after 10 visits, they have to pay up. It's $181 for a regular subscription, $299 for a premium one with access to special content.

It's often said that the Journal and FT have an easier time with a pay site because they are specialized publications. But to me, a regular metro paper should be able to run a viable pay site because it, too, has a specialty ... the local news it should have a monopoly on.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Interview with Jim Fitzpatrick, founder of schoolspring.com (a company focused on recruiting and hiring in education), discusses the role technology plays in the future of education. Fitzpatrick says that because technology makes information available without going to school, there will be a need for schools to adapt to the changes and adopt new models of learning.

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A column by Connie Schultz in the Cleveland Plain Dealer began, "I look forward to the day when news organizations start to ban anonymous comments on their Web sites."

I couldn't agree more. Newspapers ... in their pitiful quest to lure more readers by generating controversy ... do a disservice to their community by allowing postings from people who conceal their identity. Invariably these are nut cases, drunks or just plain nasty individuals.

Schultz went on, "There are columns I no longer write because I won't subject vulnerable people who've never before been interviewed to the online attacks of anonymous trolls."

That says it all ... online hostility from people hiding behind aliases doesn't promote discussion, it repels it. The only good news: a group called CiviliNation is fighting back against it.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Jim Gaines, founder and editor-in-chief of StoryRiver Media, talks about digital delivery devices such as the iPad and the Kindle. He describes the benefits of the e-readers and believes they will revolutionize how we read.

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I went to a most interesting duet of speeches from quite the erudite couple ... New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and his wife, Foreign Policy magazine executive editor Susan Glasser.

Baker focused on how for President Obama, "deification has given way to demonization" ... and said this antagonism will continue ... "we may get a Supreme Court vacancy in the next few weeks that will cause a big fight."

Glasser mentioned how "George W. Obama," as he is nicknamed for intensifying our Afhanistan involvement, may be in for a tough stretch on that front ... she said a Russian general once told her, "Your leaders are going to make a big mistake. They will find theselves pinned down and these people (Afhanis) will fight forever."

With so much distrust of the press these days, it's good for the public to listen in person to top reporters ... and good for the reporters in turn to get face-to-face with the public and hear their questions.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Greg Smith, chief information officer, George Fox University, discusses digital delivery of newspapers, magazines, books and other publications. He explores the benefits and drawbacks of e-readers such as the iPad and the Kindle and his fears for libraries in America.

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According to the Pew Research Center, news websites will have a tough go of it if they want to charge.

The latest report from the center's Project for Excellence in Journalism says 82 percent of people it surveyed who have favorite free news sites said they'd look elsewhere if those sites start demanding payment.

OK, but look elsewhere where? Of course everyone would love news to be free, but if other comparable sites also start charging, people would have little choice but to pay for news the same way they pay for gas or food.

I just know in my own case, my favorite free sites of the moment with unique content are Sports Illustrated and Politico. If they start charging, and it's reasonable, I would pay up, as I don't think I could find anything of similar quality and interest if I "looked elsewhere."

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Amy Gahran, an info-provocateur, media consultant, writer, editor and digital journalist talks about her experiences with journalism and offers advice for future journalists. Her web site, www.contentious.com, also provides useful information on new media and how we communicate online.

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Elisa Balabram, founder of WomenandBiz.com and author of Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Key to Success, talks about why she wrote her book and the importance of asking questions. She also discusses online communities and new media from a woman’s perspective.

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Kenneth R. Pybus, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, Abilene Christian University, talks about the iPad and other digital reading devices and how their existence may help and hinder the newspaper, magazine and book industries. He says the devices combine the best technology of the past 100 years for the dissemination of information.

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