Jay Rosen on The Jessica DaSilva Witchhunt

Jay digs into the DaSilva mess — young female intern at the Tampa Tribune excoriated by incensed journalists after she seemed optimistic about a new direction taken by Editor Janet Coats (immediately post layoffs) — and pulls out the most interesting threads:

PressThink: Big Daddy Newspaper Left Journalism. Now There’s Just Us..

Tree House Media Project Debuts. Self-reliance for angry journalists, preached by a former member of the tribe. Plus: “Last gasp of the curmudgeon class.” NEWSROOM ID EXPLODES LIKE FIREWORKS OVER INTERN’S UPBEAT BLOG POST. Newspaper revanchism ‘splained.