<a href="http://www.journalismaccelerator.com/blog/ecosystem-impact-the-patch-effect-continued/">Ecosystem impact: the Patch Effect continued</a>
Common themes from ten local site operators across the US - east, west and middle - present a first hand perspective of the news ecology with a Patch site operating as part of their community media mix.

<a href="http://www.journalism.org/node/25847" target="_blank">New Pew Report: Assessing a New Landscape in Journalism</a>
Pew’s report offers an early analysis of journalism’s green shoots sprouting up across the nation as nonprofit news.

<a href="http://stateofthefourthestate.com/2011/07/08/economist-future-of-news-series/" target="_blank">State of the Fourth Estate: Economist Future of News Series</a>
The Economist presents a rich bundle of perspective on the business of news past, future and present.

<a href="http://knightfoundation.org/publications/" target="_blank">The Knight Foundation Shares What They’re Learning</a>
Knight’s beta site is rich with research, reflection and reports from the field of news on innovation and experiments underway.

<a href="http://knightfoundation.org/publications/re-imagining-journalism-local-news-networked-world" target="_blank">Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World</a>
Mike Fancher’s new policy paper, commissioned by the Knight Foundation, outlines five critical ingredients to support local journalism.

<a href="http://rjionline.org/news/highlights-2011-journalists-engagement-survey" target="_blank">Engagement Survey from Joy Mayer Delivers New Insights</a>
Highlights from Joy’s phone survey where 529 editors of daily community newspapers talk engagement.

<a href="http://www.informationneeds.org/chicago-community-trust-study-links-foster-healthy-online-info-flows" target="_blank">Linking Audiences to News: A Network Analysis of Chicago Websites</a>
Links to the report put into context by Michele McLellan; a helpful summary of findings and suggestions for publishers to consider.