Newsweek commits acts of journalism

If you haven’t read Newsweek’s seven-part series on the 2008 Election, do so now.

I rag on Newsweek and Time a lot, but sometimes they put out good stuff. I think we’ll see a transitionary period over the next few decades, where many newspapers – the Christian Science Monitor was the first notable – will cut back to weeklies in print and significantly expand their online coverage, and leave the daily press to the giants of the industry (the Times, the Post, etc). They’ll provide more in-depth and analytical coverage, and I think this is a very, very good thing.

Newsweek’s series can be found here:

Part 1: How He Did It

Part 2: Back From The Dead

Part 3: The Long Siege

Part 4: Going Into Battle

Part 5: Center Stage

Part 6: The Great Debates

Part 7: The Final Days

The Future of this project

So, change is here.

But what exactly are we – meaning communities big and small, global and local – hoping to change? I’ll have a lot more to say about this in the coming weeks, and look for a big re-rollout in January, but for now …

HEY OBAMA CHANGE THIS’ TOP PRIORITIES LIST:

1. Close Guantanamo, ban torture.

2. Pass a big – not some piddly $160 billion – stimulus package through Congress, focusing on the revitalization of the Big 3 Automakers as new generation Green employers, and a new national Green infrastructure.

3. Stop mucking up the treasury bailout bill.

4. Plan a major climate change bill, and/or global summit.

 

Much more to come soon …