I've been teaching since 1973. Because of my interest in computers and Internet as communication and knowledge tools, I have taught in television, multimedia and now journalism departments. What a surprise for someone who studied statistics and public policy.
The post summarizes a major event in journalism in Chicago, and what the major ideas that came out of the meeting were.
This is an invitation and description of the upcoming citizen journalism forum. The Ohmynews citizen journalism forums provide citizen journalists with an international perspective on what they are doing. There is a good mix of idealism with commerce at these meetings. Even if you can't attend, you will be able to read the reports and gain from what goes in in Seoul at this event.
Cass Sunstein pulls together items that were mentioned in Tech columns that might seem like "interesting but wacky" and shows how they are coming into the public policy arena. If lawyers are citing Wiki, why should educators be banning it from student research?
Short, referenced and includes an example of how to deal with a problem that faces editors everywhere. Jon writes about "media structure" from an expert point of view, as a computer information specialist. Garfunkel operates from the assumption that "Constructive media is an approach to communications that is designed for enhancing the understanding of its participants with the minimum of effort and errors." His suggestion and example in this post show how any online publication, especially newspapers, can make the letters to the editor and posts to the editor process more transparent and useful to readers as well as gatekeepers. The "social data" that linking reader responses to the stories they refer to can provide is a ... More »
It sounds like the writer recently discovered blogs and then used the blogs to write about what was going on. His analysis of the people who are in power in the Democratic Party is hazy and vague. Lots of this is superficial and I agree that it is uses the "horse race" paradigm.
Brief concise explanation of the opposing points of view on net neutrality. Good sources and references listed with the story. Fair to both views but he evaluates the evidence so its not just "he said, she said."
For transparency sake, note I was on the original panel, but I think Ken's summary is useful. There are links to listen or watch the whole townhall or hear excerpts.