I just returned from the Future of News conference in St. Paul, Minn.

The web as you know it is GOING TO END.

The ease with which to reach your favorite sites is GOING TO END.

The speed with which to reach those sites is GOING TO END.

The ease with which you share videos with friends is GOING TO END.

The freedom to access the site of any organization from Planned Parenthood to The Christian Coalition is GOING TO END.

On Monday, a crowd of 150 leaders in journalism, philanthropy and business gathered in St. Paul, Minn., to address the crisis of declining local and regional journalism. The Future of News summit, hosted by American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio, tackled complex questions facing the worlds of commercial and public media alike.

New York City could help lead the way for an open Internet by passing a resolution urging the federal government to protect Net Neutrality.

Journalism students may be short on jobs, but they certainly aren’t lacking reading material about their industry. In the last twelve months, there have been a number of landmark essays on journalism written by academics and journalists.

In an earlier blog post, I discussed AT&T’s failure to adequately perform basic maintenance on its wireless network. First-generation iPhone users were stuck on an extremely slow network built years earlier that failed to offer customers anything approaching acceptable service quality.

On Monday, a crowd of 150 leaders in journalism, philanthropy and business gathered in St. Paul, Minn., to address the crisis of declining local and regional journalism. The Future of News summit, hosted by American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio, tackled complex questions facing the worlds of commercial and public media alike.

Two bits of news from the last couple of days point to a new trend: unsubsidized phones being offered without contracts. While these phones cost a pretty penny upfront, not being forced into a contract — and having the freedom to switch from carrier to carrier — is sounding mighty attractive these days.

Some news on the open wireless Internet:

When South Carolina resident Brett Bursey read an editorial in the Greenville News urging the FCC to dismiss Net Neutrality rules, he penned a letter-to-the-editor in support of an open Internet.

For many of us, the diversity and abundance of information on the Internet has become part of our daily lives. We assume that we will always be able to view the websites of our choosing and even upload our own photos and videos onto the Internet.