Ron Nurwisah, Boy Reporter

Just in case it wasn’t dead obvious that journalism is transforming before our very eyes, Poynter Online has made it perfectly clear with this graphic that looks like 200 moments from 2000-2009 that transformed the industry.

Poynter’s Bill Mitchell talks about the decade that inspired the graphic:

Funny thing about the transformation of media: there’s often no way to tell, in the moment, whether any given development signals a passing fancy, a seed of destruction or a glimpse of tomorrow.

Thus were most of us puzzled, at the time, by the introduction of the CueCat, the acquisition of Times Mirror and the founding of Facebook.

But there’s nothing like a little hindsight to provide some context.

A little perspective, in 2000 U.S. newspapers saw a peak in advertising ($49-billion) but right around the corner was one of the things that would soon level this lucrative market, Google’s adwords. Friendster, founded in 2002 and one of the early harbingers of social media, is now a punchline.

Check out the graphic, or click on the image below:

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