links for 2009-06-15

The new Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition is made up of 28 commercial and not-for-profit groups, including the American Library Association,Internet2, and and Educause. It will seek federal money to provide broadband access first through “anchor institutions,” such as colleges, schools, libraries, and hospitals, since millions of people rely on those institutions already. The coalition says the high-speed connections could help schools and community colleges offer specialized courses and distance learning, could help health-care facilities make better use of telemedicine, and could help colleges and universities advance research.

Time on the future of newspapers: "A cadre of newly minted media whiz kids, who mix high-tech savvy with hard-nosed reporting skills, are taking a closer look at ways in which 21st century code-crunching and old-fashioned reporting can not only coexist but also thrive. And the first batch of them has just emerged from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism."

Jim Willse, Editor, Star Ledger, is brilliant

Says newspapers can't charge for content

The more you look at it, Georgia political history over the last half-century or so is chock full of comebacks. If Roy Barnes loses in 2010, it won't be because history dooms his candidacy. And the "no comeback rule" should be definitively dropped from coverage of the campaign.