" This is why I like Diakopoulos’ approach of using technology to answer a need. He identifies four news consumers needs:     1.    staying informed; 2.    gaining personal identity (through, for example, reinforcing one’s values); 3.    integrating and interacting socially (finding the basis for conversation); and 4.    being entertained. He next defines 10 key journalistic functions:     1.    truth 2.    independence 3.    impartiality 4.    public interest 5.    watchdogging 6.    organizing forums 7.    informing 8.    storytelling 9.    aggregating 10.    sensemaking "

― Jeff Jarvis , Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News