Concerned that journalism's economic problems are reducing Americans' understanding of science, medicine and other research, 35 of the nation's top universities — including Johns Hopkins, Stanford and
UC-
Berkeley — have announced they will feed their own accounts of their discoveries directly to top news sites on the Internet. Under the plan, the universities have formed what is essentially their own nonprofit wire service, called Futurity, to provide articles to popular Web sites.without as many science reporters, the universities were looking for new ways to keep the public informed. Without as many science reporters, the universities were looking for new ways to keep the public informed. Read more at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-university-wire-0916,0,6633143.story
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