• FirstAmendmentCenter.org, Friday, April 15, 2011 4:32 PM

In two meetings this week, journalism experts -- including top newspaper editors -- expressed new optimism about the future of traditional news media.

Among the signs for hope: newsroom employment figures are stabilizing after years of layoffs; plus, the move back to readers paying for news again, evident on tablet devices and the New York Times online pay meter, "may just nudge the bottom line for news operations back toward more-positive figures," writes Gene Policinski on FirstAmendmentCenter.org.

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