Seattle Times Ryan Blethen will be at the National
Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis this weekend, where "I will have a chance to defend my beloved profession on a panel tomorrow titled, 'Newspapers: Not Dead Yet?'" He writes: "That question mark is so reassuring. Since the Memphis conference [nearly two years ago], we have gone from being out-of-touch money-grubbers to being hooked up to life support. ...Are newspapers dead yet? I would not be going to another river town for a healthy mugging if I believed that."
