I don't have to tell you that media companies are struggling. Every day, it seems, there's word of another news organization cutting back, laying off or shutting down completely. Newsrooms are fighting for their very survival. But thanks to the internet, we're not fighting alone: Whether it's hyperlocal, the link economy, citizen journalism, social media or micropayments, someone somewhere is coming up with the next Big Idea to save journalism. In fact, there are so many great ideas out there, it's harder and harder to keep track. With that in mind, I'm proud to announce my new project: [What's Saving Journalism?](http://www.aronpilhofer.com/whatssavingjournalism) Think of it as a fly strip for creativity: Ideas that used to buzz around the web for a while, and then vanish out of consciousness will now get "stuck" here instead. How does it work? Well, I don't want to bore you with the details, but let's just say it's the result of years of painstaking research∗. The attractive (yet Googlishly spartan) interface is powered by a complex algorithm∗∗ that crawls Twitter nightly to harvest those pearls of wisdom and aggregate them here. If there's a Big Idea to be found, [What's Saving Journalism?](http://www.aronpilhofer.com/whatssavingjournalism) will find it. And trap it (humanely) in a sticky goo. Forever. ∗ By "years" I mean an afternoon, but it seemed longer. ∗∗There is no algorithm. 2009-04-13T09:27:10-04:00 9 true 2009-04-13T09:30:40-04:00