WordCount weekly news wrap up for Jan. 31

Is it just me, or does it seem like there’s a uptick in the stories and blog posts on the evolution of the news business and the role independents – writers and others – are playing in it? The sputtering economy is speeding up the pace of change.

Here are some developments of interest from around the Web in the past week:

Non-profit journalism isn’t the answer to bailing out money-losing newspapers, writes NewWest.net founder Jonathan Weber in The Trouble With Non-Profit Journalism.

Michelle Nicolosi, assistant managing editor of the Seattle PI website and an ex-colleague of mine from OC Register days, launched a blog to teach old reporters new media tricks called Print to Online.

The same folks behind the @mediaisdying, a popular Twitter feed on media closures, picked something decidedly more upbeat for their next venture. The @mediaishirin feed is a running list of available journalists and jobs. Looking for work? Ask them to add you to their list.

CBS Interactive is getting ready to launch a new personal finance website called MoneyWatch.com in March.

BeatBlogging.org compiled a list of journalists who use Twitter to report stories. Feel free to add how you use Twitter to the list.

HR consultant, professor and blogger Steve Boese compiled a list of 100 HR industry people to follow on Twitter, including yours truly. Follow Steve at @sbjet.

Speaking of Twitter, if you’re finding it hard to tweet and get work done, check out Celine Roque’s story on Web Worker Daily, How to turn productivity into a habit which includes helpful suggestions on time boxing, taking advantage of your body’s natural peak time and rewarding yourself for meeting goals.

This one’s not new, but it was new to me – a list of 100 killer WordPress resources on blog posts, pages, comments, categories, themes and a lot more.