links for 2007-11-15
By William M. Hartnett on Nov 15, 2007 in daily links
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“a journalist creates the space through which citizens can establish a community of their own and inform each other. The journalist doesn’t NEED to report.” Yikes. Could the community have done St. Pete’s wetlands project by informing each other? Etc.
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“We hold bloggers to somewhat different standards than journalists … But is it too much to ask that journalist-bloggers retain a modicum of professional ethics about what they post and how they post it?”
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“While I do not favor razing the Chinese wall that traditionally has separated the two (editorial and business), we have come to the point that it is time to start poking some serious holes in it.”
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Massive plane orders from Middle Eastern airlines: “‘It doesn’t make any sense,’ said (Adam) Pilarski, senior aviation analyst with Avitas, an industry consulting business. ‘This is loony tunes.’”
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Bring back the Fusion and Mutiny!
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Excellent news. Lack of mobile coverage was literally the only thing holding me back from making an attempt to summit Everest.
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Make sure those WordPress installs are up to date, people! Speaking of which …
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“Dishes so delectably satisfying that it will make all, especially vegetarians, feel loved and looked after, at Thanksgiving.”
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New SimCity. NEW SIMCITY!!!
Digidave | Nov 18, 2007 | Reply
“Yikes. Could the community have done St. Pete’s wetlands project by informing each other?”
For one — this might be taking the quote a bit out of context. I’m not saying journalists should abondon reporting all together.
Nor do I think citizen journalists can come together to build an intricate website like this: http://www.sptimes.com/2006/webspecials06/wetlands/
But I do think that a large part of the information within that website could have been gathered by citizen journalism. Would it have been presented as beautifully. No. Without a doubt. Is there added value by having a prof. go out and do reporting - of course. But the job description is changing — and I think part of it is playing the role of educator rather than reporter - helping citizens inform each other.