It seems as though I hear this "next big thing in news" revelation every 6 months or so. I think we continue to have difficulty imagining the as-yet-unrealized

It seems as though I hear this "next big thing in news" revelation every 6 months or so. I think we continue to have difficulty imagining the as-yet-unrealized "hyperlocal killer app," or perhaps it will simply turn out to be the right combination of things we already know well, like (micro-) blogging and social networking and web aggregation/filtering. It's fascinating to watch society struggle with changes in the foundations of media, and what an uncertain and even precarious situation we have right now.