Comments on: A New Force in Journalism? http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/11/23/a-new-force-in-journalism/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: robhyndman.com http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/11/23/a-new-force-in-journalism/#comment-1151 robhyndman.com Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:15:54 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/?p=965#comment-1151 [...] The conventional wisdom has the mainstream media reporting, editing and writing, and bloggers merely writing. Reporting and editing require resources and more intensive expertise, the argument goes, and cannot generally be done in a bathrobe and bunny slippers. Indeed, Craig Newmark of Craigslist said as much to me in an email after he commented on a post here about a rumoured citizen journalism project of his (though he was silent on the bunny slippers thing). And ’struth, that division has generally been borne out by real-world experience. [...] [...] The conventional wisdom has the mainstream media reporting, editing and writing, and bloggers merely writing. Reporting and editing require resources and more intensive expertise, the argument goes, and cannot generally be done in a bathrobe and bunny slippers. Indeed, Craig Newmark of Craigslist said as much to me in an email after he commented on a post here about a rumoured citizen journalism project of his (though he was silent on the bunny slippers thing). And ’struth, that division has generally been borne out by real-world experience. [...]

]]> By: robhyndman.com http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/11/23/a-new-force-in-journalism/#comment-950 robhyndman.com Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:09:10 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/?p=965#comment-950 [...] As the issue of Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte’s campaign fundraiser gained attention recently, it rapidly became obvious that blogging and related technologies can have a significant effect on democracy in Canada. We’ve seen this in the U.S many times, of course, and the WTO protest movement is quite sophisticated in its use of technology, but new technologies such as blogging, podcasting and the like have not yet played much of a role in the mobilization of Canadian voter involvement and opinion. One week later and we seem to have the beginnings of an object lesson in just how quickly that can occur here. This is yet another example of the potency of these technologies as tools for the citizenry to exert meaningful influence on the political process. The democratizing power of technology - whether in business or elsewhere in society - is a recurring theme on this blog, so I’ve found the effect on democracy itself it to be quite compelling. [...] [...] As the issue of Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte’s campaign fundraiser gained attention recently, it rapidly became obvious that blogging and related technologies can have a significant effect on democracy in Canada. We’ve seen this in the U.S many times, of course, and the WTO protest movement is quite sophisticated in its use of technology, but new technologies such as blogging, podcasting and the like have not yet played much of a role in the mobilization of Canadian voter involvement and opinion. One week later and we seem to have the beginnings of an object lesson in just how quickly that can occur here. This is yet another example of the potency of these technologies as tools for the citizenry to exert meaningful influence on the political process. The democratizing power of technology - whether in business or elsewhere in society - is a recurring theme on this blog, so I’ve found the effect on democracy itself it to be quite compelling. [...]

]]> By: Craig Newmark http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/11/23/a-new-force-in-journalism/#comment-678 Craig Newmark Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:15:48 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/?p=965#comment-678 Ummmm... actually, I was very supportive of existing journalism, and intend to contribute to the efforts of others' ventures, and do not have one of my own in mind. for more, can you check out my blog at cnewmark.com? thanks! Craig Ummmm… actually, I was very supportive of existing journalism, and intend to contribute to the efforts of others’ ventures, and do not have one of my own in mind.

for more, can you check out my blog at cnewmark.com?

thanks!

Craig

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