Even online, there are many meta-journalist columns that attempt to offer added analysis and investigative reporting. One of the issues online is, of course,

Even online, there are many meta-journalist columns that attempt to offer added analysis and investigative reporting. One of the issues online is, of course, finding these sources, which are often more hidden than The Economist (a London magazine founded in 1843). Columbia Journalism Review (http://www.cjr.org/ http://www.cjr.org/) is a rare institutional effort to do this. While in-depth (or at least, accurate) analysis should be key to ALL journalism, many newspapers have strayed from, well, their local roots. Offering detailed analysis of local events (aka serving a niche market), as opposed to competing with major online blogs or The Economist, may breathe life into the printing press not to mention the newspaper website.