Comments on: Journalism: Filtering, interpretation, context http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/20/journalism-filtering-interpretation-context/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: rafi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/20/journalism-filtering-interpretation-context/comment-page-1/#comment-374334 rafi Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:57:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=3618#comment-374334 Wow, talk about overload... Good article but this is really not written with our attention scarcity in mind. Wow, talk about overload… Good article but this is really not written with our attention scarcity in mind.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/20/journalism-filtering-interpretation-context/comment-page-1/#comment-374333 mathewi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:11:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=3618#comment-374333 Thanks, Mark. I totally agree. And that Shirky speech was excellent. Thanks, Mark. I totally agree. And that Shirky speech was excellent.

]]> By: markb http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/20/journalism-filtering-interpretation-context/comment-page-1/#comment-374332 markb Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:17:28 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=3618#comment-374332 The Wire's David Simon is more concise on the topic in his talk "The Audacity of Despair" <a href="http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/webcast_Simon.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/webcast_Simo...</a><br>Highly recommended. HT @hughmcguire<br><br>He says journalists have simply stopped asking 'why'.<br><br>Yes there is a filter problem -- see Shirky's excellent speech at Web2.0NYC <a href="http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/" rel="nofollow">http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/</a> -- but journalism doesn't have to get all academic to solve its problems. Forget the attention economy. Forget complicated filtering. Rediscover the 'why' and readers will find you. The Wire's David Simon is more concise on the topic in his talk “The Audacity of Despair” http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/webcast_Simo…
Highly recommended. HT @hughmcguire

He says journalists have simply stopped asking 'why'.

Yes there is a filter problem — see Shirky's excellent speech at Web2.0NYC http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/ — but journalism doesn't have to get all academic to solve its problems. Forget the attention economy. Forget complicated filtering. Rediscover the 'why' and readers will find you.

]]> By: rafi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/20/journalism-filtering-interpretation-context/comment-page-1/#comment-344188 rafi Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:57:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=3618#comment-344188 Wow, talk about overload... Good article but this is really not written with our attention scarcity in mind. Wow, talk about overload… Good article but this is really not written with our attention scarcity in mind.

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