Gov. Sarah Palin probably had no idea of the media onslaught that was about to hit her. By the time she was done speaking on Wednesday, it was clear the reverse was true as well.

Memo to the elite: Thicken that skin of yours and develop a good sense of humor.

A television reporter was mortally wounded and a newspaper editor was severely beaten in Russia’s north Caucasus region, the third attack on journalists in three days in the volatile area.

Mr. Pappas covered the Vietnam War and the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but is best remembered for being an arm’s length from Lee Harvey Oswald when he was killed.

The new media players who came to the Democratic convention were not there just to annotate mainstream coverage: they’re in the hunt themselves.

In 2002, Mark Schleifstein and his colleagues published a five-day report about the vulnerabilities Louisiana would face if a major hurricane hit. And three years later, the time came.

How did the Russia-Georgia conflict drew big coverage in a busy news week? The media placed it in a cold war context in terms Americans could grasp.

CNN’s decision to spend close to $100,000 on an aerial camera shot at the Democratic National Convention shows the steps networks are willing to take to compete for viewers.

The extent to which the Internet served as a supplement to television was unprecedented, and there were two clear winners: NBC’s Web site and Yahoo’s Olympics section.

The Obama team’s direct approach: YouTube and text messages.