Comments on: Is it journalism or is it something else? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Netscape’s Digg Clone - Good, But Needs More Ads - Mashable! http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-144180 Netscape’s Digg Clone - Good, But Needs More Ads - Mashable! Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:36:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/#comment-144180 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] 1. Is it journalism or is it something else? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work - June 15, 2006 [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] 1. Is it journalism or is it something else? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work - June 15, 2006 [...]

]]> By: George Tsiolis http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-14611 George Tsiolis Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:41:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/#comment-14611 How about <em>off-stream</em> media? What I like about Netscape, Digg, etc. is the discovery of news that you wouldn't otherwise find in the mainstream media. Too often, the news looks the same when watching the networks, or reading print. I also like the fact that I can scan dozens, if not hundreds, of headlines to find information that is interesting to me. Yes, there is dilution from "news" that isn't really news but the web will figure out that problem, or at least mitigate it. In the meantime, they serve as a good additional source of information once I've finished scanning the G&M every morning. Best, George How about off-stream media? What I like about Netscape, Digg, etc. is the discovery of news that you wouldn’t otherwise find in the mainstream media. Too often, the news looks the same when watching the networks, or reading print.

I also like the fact that I can scan dozens, if not hundreds, of headlines to find information that is interesting to me.

Yes, there is dilution from “news” that isn’t really news but the web will figure out that problem, or at least mitigate it. In the meantime, they serve as a good additional source of information once I’ve finished scanning the G&M every morning.

Best,
George

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-14328 Mathew Ingram Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:09:07 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/#comment-14328 Thanks for the comment, Jason -- and thanks for not mentioning the ego thing :-) I would agree that the "AOL hell" phone call story was well handled, especially considering the, er..... sensitivities surrounding the topic. As to what we should call it, I'm still not sure. Social journalism is not bad. How about open-source journalism? Democratic journalism? Media 2.0? Thanks for the comment, Jason — and thanks for not mentioning the ego thing :-)

I would agree that the “AOL hell” phone call story was well handled, especially considering the, er….. sensitivities surrounding the topic.

As to what we should call it, I’m still not sure. Social journalism is not bad. How about open-source journalism? Democratic journalism? Media 2.0?

]]> By: Jason http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-14250 Jason Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:52:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/15/is-it-journalism-or-is-it-something-else/#comment-14250 We have been doing some interesting coverage today... check out our coverage of the AOL customer service hell call: http://news.beta.netscape.com/story/2006/06/15/mp3-recording-trying-to-cancel-aol/ Now that is meta-journalism. Question: sould we call it social journalism or meta-journalism? We have been doing some interesting coverage today… check out our coverage of the AOL customer service hell call:

http://news.beta.netscape.com/story/2006/06/15/mp3-recording-trying-to-cancel-aol/

Now that is meta-journalism.

Question: sould we call it social journalism or meta-journalism?

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