Comments on: Social Media Now: Teaching Citizen Journalists, Social Nets Underrated? http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/ A community for the champions of Social Media and those seeking to learn Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10232 Mike Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:45:07 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10232 Without discounting the need for strong journalistic ethics, those things the NY Times is "owning up to" don't, in my mind, diminish the overall quality of the *journalism*, the reporting, the substance. It'll take a lot more scandal than the Times has ever dished up to wash out the talent that newspaper and others like it have. Also, here's a great example of citizens making journalism better: <a>http://unjournalism.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/journalisms-future-fort-myers-news-press/</a> Without discounting the need for strong journalistic ethics, those things the NY Times is “owning up to” don’t, in my mind, diminish the overall quality of the *journalism*, the reporting, the substance. It’ll take a lot more scandal than the Times has ever dished up to wash out the talent that newspaper and others like it have.

Also, here’s a great example of citizens making journalism better:

http://unjournalism.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/journalisms-future-fort-myers-news-press/

]]> By: Jason Chervokas http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10164 Jason Chervokas Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:47:31 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10164 Aaron Great question. My honest answer is that I have no idea. Anyone who tells you that they know what's going to happen w/ virtual worlds is lying. To the extent that people do the same things in virtual worlds that they do in the real world, yeah, people will collaborate in virtual worlds on journalism of some sort. A bigger but related question is: how big will virtual world's be in terms of potential news reach? Aaron

Great question. My honest answer is that I have no idea. Anyone who tells you that they know what’s going to happen w/ virtual worlds is lying.

To the extent that people do the same things in virtual worlds that they do in the real world, yeah, people will collaborate in virtual worlds on journalism of some sort.

A bigger but related question is: how big will virtual world’s be in terms of potential news reach?

]]> By: Aaron Krawitz http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10150 Aaron Krawitz Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:49:27 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/28/social-media-now-teaching-citizen-journalists-social-nets-underrated/#comment-10150 Speaking of citizen journalism, in light of the YieldLust.com reporting of the new communal Sony Home interface, http://yieldlust.com/2007/03/28/%e2%80%9csony-home%e2%80%9d-details-released-nintendo-and-microsoft-beware/ do you think that media collaboration will increasingly occur in virtual worlds such as Sony Home rather than on webpages? Speaking of citizen journalism, in light of the YieldLust.com reporting of the new communal Sony Home interface, http://yieldlust.com/2007/03/28/%e2%80%9csony-home%e2%80%9d-details-released-nintendo-and-microsoft-beware/
do you think that media collaboration will increasingly occur in virtual worlds such as Sony Home rather than on webpages?

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