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I signed up for an experiment in open source journalism this morning – fascinating idea. After completing a survey of my colleagues about media, and yes they are biased towards print journalism, I was impressed how many believe that newspapers will survive 20 years from now even if most of the information moves online. What’s more impressive is who gathers, writes, and distributes that news. As well as what is news. I’ve tried for years to watch local news and the SKY IS FALLING headlines just drove me insane, the NYT is oft times too caught up in the esoteric aspect of world news, while People is downright silly in what they consider a priority in our lives – blogs have won out for me lately – but I think this experiment might kick it up a notch to quote our own private carpet bagger here in New Orleans – the Portuguese/Cajun chef.