More than anything, the real shift in the practice of providing information, whether it be about an organization or a product or a community, has been the demand for quality information. There’s an interesting post over at the Nieman Journalism Lab today that captures the cause of real angst into a real simple statement:
Worry less about journalism and more about quality information, however it gets gathered and distributed.
There’s more history and philosophy about the Knight News Challenge, and it’s worth a read. But for a tweet-worthy synopsis of what every 21st century information worker’s primary goal should be, there’s the take away.