An End ... Or a New Beginning?

Newsweek is one of the nation's great news magazines. At its best, it has provided a sophisticated analysis of topics that should matter to a well-educated citizen whose life involved working, voting, learning and perhaps parenting.

And now, after nearly 80 years, it will print its last edition at the end of the year. Beginning in 2013, it will be a digital-only publication. And the new digital Newsweek will venture into an online world where it is far behind news sites like The Daily Beast and Huffington Post.

NPR reports.

Questions...

•What type of news the usually isn't covered should the new digital Newsweek try to cover?

•How can the digital edition be better than the paper edition?

•What can Newsweek do to get younger readers?

•What type of news stories really matter in creating informed citizens?