The blogger, professor and media consultant has, through his Web sites, seminars, journalism classes, panel-discussion appearances and the occasional flame-war, preached for some time now the gospel of New Media. These days, it’s taking hold — and not just among the patchwork constituency of media studies majors, technophile utopians and media malcontents left and right. Full Story »
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Jeff Jarvis is a respected but controversial figure at the intersection of journalism and new media. This deep, sympathetic yet skeptical profile is an excellent overview of Jarvis' ideas, as well as the arguments against them.
Interesting profile of new media pundit Jeff Jarvis, including interviews with some of the nation's top newspaper editors about his views on the future of journalism. This in-depth report cites extensive factual evidence from multiple sources, and provides invaluable context by contrasting the viewpoints of Jarvis and mainstream media executives about the news business. A fascinating read.
Jeff Jarvis has played an important role in recent years by advocating a new approach to journalism, one that empowers 'citizen journalists' to participate actively in gathering the news -- while shattering some of the traditional business models of mainstream publications. While his opinions are often controversial, they have stimulated a healthy debate about this important issue. However, I tend to favor a middle-ground between his most extreme views, and the more reasonable ... More »
an iconoclast in action in the realm of journalism is presented here, with a few other voices of the realm added in., some mitigate his ideology, others appear to agree with it: that professional journalists, editors, publishers are the dinosaurs of a new age and some seem to hope for their extinction, if only to keep costs down.. .i would recommend this to those are interested in behind the scenes of the news.
not desirous of being a blogger, or subscriber to most news sites, i 'm way out of my depth here, i appreciate news somewhat at a distance, not close-up and personal. altho i regret losses of book reviews, and so many other pieces that are associated with the printed newspaper. at the same time i appreciate the ability to receive professional journalists' news almost instantly on-line.
Like most discussions of the 'future of journalism' that I read, this profile of Jarvis is long on vague opinions from old and new media elites, and short on substance and concrete ideas. Koblin gets some great sources for this piece, but only with the Keller dialogue on the last page is the reader presented with an interesting idea.
Jeff wrote an interesting blog post today in reaction to this article. I was actually called and interviewed for this article - although not quoted. So I know it was a well researched and thought-out piece. Overall I thought it was fair of the subject matter - but also still trying to create a new media/old media divide which I know Jeff isn't into.
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