Entries classified under journalism


'Plain Dealer' Holding Stories Because of Fear of Jail
- Okay this is just messed up. wtf is going on here?
The spit fight that ended my career at MSNBC
- "So, fuck it. I quit." - David Weinberger on leaving MSNBC because they're clueless.
To links blogging web journalism msnbc ... on Fri 04/22/05 at 11:21 PM
Rupert Murdoch should buy Jon Udell.
- I wish *I* could buy Jon Udell; I'd keep him in my cubical to impress my friends.
Bush and Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda
- That's messed up.
The Unassociated Press
- New York Times covers the Wikinews project.
To links journalism web wiki civic tools ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 04:50 AM

Tools for Democracy / Distributed Journalism

Dan Gillmor points to an excellent example of distributed journalism in action over at Daily Kos. I was completely blown away by what I saw when I got there. I'm still trying to soak in all the background around the Plame Leak / Jeff Gannon thing but, to be honest, the specifics of this event are not as important to me as the general phenomenon occurring there. This seems an obvious glimpse into a future where involvement by the general population in issues of import to the general population is increased substantially. Herewith some rant and analysis of our present toolset and humble suggestion for improvement...


Plame Leaked by Fake News Source? Part VI
- Wow. These guys are really organizing now around this distributed journalism. Please take a look and see if you can help out. I have someone in Ft. Hood that might be able to give general info...
To links politics bush journalism ... on Mon 01/31/05 at 11:25 PM
Dan Gillmor Interview on IT Conversations
- I've been waiting for this one. Dan talks about blogs and his new startup, Grassroots Media, Inc.
New Voices
- $12,000 grants for people who want to take on building community based micro-local news projects.
To links foss coding journalism ... on Mon 01/10/05 at 06:58 PM