The newspaper industry faces a double squeeze: the print business
continues heavily to subsidize digital journalism, which cannot pay for
itself by attracting enough advertising or subscriptions or a mixture
of the two; and the new digital players put increasing pressure on
newspaper circulation, readership, and the business itself. We must also
be willing to invest not only in the technology, but also in professional
and citizen journalism, developing media businesses, media law reform
and authentic advocacy groups over the long-term -- even as we must
continue to stand up for the immediate rights of citizens and journalists
to express their views through new and old media alike. However, old
courage and new tools still must draw on the collective strength of
global public principle. Development of an open and vibrant media
and truly protected freedom of speech may require years of effort.