Kleinheider says we are all media now.
As it becomes harder for corporations in the news biz to turn a profit, alternative media are filling the void. Certainly some new media models that stay true to the old ways of independence and objectivity will remain. But with profit margins thin and barriers to entry low, it will be impossible to keep anyone out. We are all media now — or, at least, we all have the capacity to be.
This is not an endorsement or celebration of the new reality. Democratization of media, just as it is in the political world, is messy and inefficient. Purity of craft and pursuit of truth will get lost. The new world will not be better than the old — it will just be different.