Jon Udell of InfoWorld has an interesting blog post on Wikipedia’s entry on podcasting, which is in dispute (in part about the role of Dave Winer). Wikipedia’s revision history allows readers to trace the arguments being made in the definitions and shared understanding of entries. Udell writes:
Some knowledge is purely factual, but much […]
I had a chance to chat with Griff Wigley, of Wigley and Associates, yesterday. Griff is involved in all kinds of blogging — leadership blogging, blogging for small businesses — and citizen journalism. He’s a project leader/volunteer for Northfield.org, a community weblog in Northfield, Minnesota.
Northfield has done a lot of things right in setting up […]
One way to build trust in individual news stories is to vet them through a review process accessible and separate from the editorial process within a single news organization. NewsTrust is a new effort to do exactly that:
The free NewsTrust web site will feature top-rated news providers and the best news stories on a variety […]
Part II of the Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte interview. A key quote:
Any contemporary journalist should emerge from college with a hefty understanding of minority history in this country. But the required courses are often as white as the newspapers.
Leonard Witt: Hi Dr. de Uriarte. Thanks for coming back to Part II of our IM Interview. […]
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.