Patrick Cooper, director of web and engagement at NPR, talks about the big trends he sees in the future of news audiences as well as what NPR is doing to invest in these audiences."

"Over the past decade, Facebook has evolved from a social network for college students to a source of information, connection, entertainment - and, sometimes, news - for 1.2 billion people around the world. But according to a Pew Research Center report from last year, most Americans who get news via Facebook do so as a byproduct of their other activities there - what one might call "drive-by news"."

"Pushing to the future of journalism - A project of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard"

"Stop searching and get only what you care about. Zite delivers the best of your favorite magazines, newspapers, authors, blogs, and videos." An example of an app that personalizes the news.

"Three things I read last week that show how journalism is evolving."

"Recently, 30 journalism and computer science students in Northwestern's Collaborative Innovation in Journalism and Technology class presented nine new media prototypes. The prototypes, developed in a 10-week quarter, cater to various audiences in the media equation - tools for journalists, software for publishers, and applications that could be useful or fun for media consumers. Occasionally, promising prototypes will be further developed by Knight Lab. If you missed the presentation, a summary of the apps and a note on what the teams have identified as their next steps, lies below. If you'd rather watch the archived live stream, that's available here."

"Maggie Farley, a former Los Angeles Times reporter, uses misinformation about Hurricane Sandy that spread via Twitter to discuss how to judge the credibility of tweets."

"No wonder media experts gravitate to Twitter. It's arguably where news breaks and it's a wonderful real-time tool for reporting. Here are a few more ideas for getting the most out of your tweets - part of a series of graphics with tips for storytellers."

"Amid an ever-increasing number of options, we identify five of the most useful smartphone apps for mobile reporters. We also hear from journalists and app creators about how these apps are being used in the field."

"21 percent of Facebook users and 18 percent of Twitter users tell the Pew Research Journalism Project they get news "often" from print newspapers. The organization continues to look at how social media users get news."

"Sixteen percent of Twitter users "say they turn to Twitter frequently for breaking news," a poll by Associated Press and CNBC says. "That said, 44 percent of users do so at least some of the time." And yet far fewer Americans get news from Twitter (8 percent) than from Facebook (30 percent), separate analysis the Pew Research Center released Monday says. Forty-five percent of those who use Twitter to get news are 18-29 years old - more than the 30 percent of Twitter users overall who are in that demographic, Pew previously reported. Both organizations found a similar number of Americans use the service - one in five, CNBC-AP finds, 16 percent, Pew says."

"So here's a list of journalism ventures worth watching closely, each for a different set of reasons. For now, I've left out all the ventures that are entering the media sphere from a tech background, like Twitter, LinkedIn, Flipboard, Zite and many more. Neither have I included the likes of The New York Times or The Guardian, assuming that everyone is watching them already."

"The Associated Press is planning to introduce sponsored articles into the stream of news stories on its mobile apps and hosted websites. The rollout is expected in early 2014, with potential sponsorship deals centered around major events the AP is planning to cover, such as the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics and the Academy Awards. Several potential advertisers have been in talks with the AP, according to Jim Kennedy, senior VP-digital strategy and products at the AP, who declined to identify them. The move to sponsored content is part of a broader effort to open a new line of revenue at the AP, where just 2% of total revenue comes from advertising,

"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is retracing on foot the global migration of our ancestors in a 21,000-mile, seven-year odyssey that begins in Ethiopia and ends in Tierra del Fuego. This site houses our experimental journalism, cartography and educational initiatives. By the year 2020, the Out of Eden Walk will have accumulated an unprecedented chronicle of human life on Earth, 2,500 generations after our restless forebears set out on the long, slow walk into our becoming - a journey out of Eden that continues to this day. Every 100 miles (160 km) Paul is making a concise digital record of his location - a narrative Milestone. Each consists of a visual panorama, photographs of the ground and sky, ambient sound at that location, and a brief, standardized interview with the nearest person. Milestones are a slow accumulation of narrative data sets, a consistent record collected at nomad's pace on a global scale. What will they ultimately tell us about ourselves?"

"Welcome to Story Lab. This is where readers and reporters will come together to create and shape stories. Washington Post writers will talk about some of the hard choices involved in journalism. And you can discuss and debate the stories making the news in the Washington area. The Lab is, as you'd expect from the name, an experiment. This is a place for people who are not only curious about what's going on in the world, but also about how the news is gathered and packaged. With the media landscape in turmoil and readers empowered to construct their own windows onto the world, the role of traditional news organizations is ever more in question. We want to add to those questions, and maybe provide some answers along the way."

"This is our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook.  Rather than counting on news outlets to get it right, we're looking at the other end. Below are some tips for how, in the wake of a big, tragic story, you can sort good information from bad. We've even made a handy, printable PDF that you can tape to your wall the next time you encounter a big news event."

"A growing directory of tools for verifying, fact checking and assessing the validity of social media and user generated content. "

"Groundsource makes it easy for journalists, community organizations, researchers and others to quickly connect via mobile phone with targeted groups of people to assess their needs and gather first-hand experience. "