Two things you should really look at today:
Steve Jackson, more widely known as ourman, has written a great post rethinking the way that newspapers should be run.
And, as highlighted by Martin, and originally produced by a German site, this video of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger talking about journalism is thought-provoking viewing. The really juicy stuff starts about 1:53 in:
Alan Rusbridger on the Future of Journalism from Carta on Vimeo.