One of the powerful ideas I’m pursuing in my book is the notion of a universal jukebox for movies, music, television and other media. In some sense, it’s what Netflix aspires to as a legitimate movie rental service. It’s what Napster came close to achieving, and what clones like Kazaa strive for. And it’s a […]
Thinking Clearly: a new book on journalism
I’ve written chapters in four books related to new media subjects. The latest arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Thinking Clearly is a compendium of journalism case studies edited by Tom Rosenstiel and Amy Mitchell, who head the Project for Excellence in Journalism. It contains chapters on McCarthyism, the Columbine school shootings, Watergate, and John McCain’s […]
An interview on citizen journalism
Michel Dumais, technology columnist for Le Devoir, a newspaper in Quebec, interviewed me by e-mail over the weekend on the subject of what he calls citizen journalism and what I call participatory journalism. He writes a journalism blog in conjunction with his newspaper column, and posted part one of our interview here, in French Canadian. […]
A series on participatory journalism
A few hours ago the Online Journalism Review posted what I consider to be my most important series of articles this year (not counting the book I’m working on). The subject is participatory journalism. The three-part package includes: • Personal Broadcasting Opens Yet Another Front for Journalists • Participatory Journalism Puts the Reader in the […]
We Media – Audiences as partners in the news
For the past few months, I’ve been working with new media writers/consultants Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis to produce a comprehensive report for New Directions for News on the subject of participatory journalism. It’s called “We Media: How audiences are shaping the future of news and information.” San Jose Mercury News business columnist and blogger […]