A stuffy article that suffers from j-school myopia. Alissa Quart's major error in this story is categorizing most "Found Media" creators as young. In my "found media" travels, I've become acquainted with many Found Media creators--a large majority of them are well over 40 (Gordon Joseloff of Westport Now comes to mind, as well as Jon Weber of New West-I could go on...) Further, Quart does not mention the numbers of non-journalists who are creating all sorts of "found media" every day. From history blogs to food blogs to blogs about tax issues in a town, there are many, many forms of "found media" that are solo voices providing that sense of both the personal and the editorial that is lacking from their local newspaper. Many aren't grant winners nor are they hanging out at Nieman lectures. They're busy taking care of the important conversations online at home.