http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/07/24/newassignment-a-new-way-toward-collaborative-journalism/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/07/24/newassignment-a-new-way-toward-collaborative-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Online Media Beat » NewAssignment.net, the next revolution in online journalism? Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:07:46 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/07/24/newassignment-a-new-way-toward-collaborative-journalism/#comment-397 [...] Jay Rosen announced yesterday a revolutionary idea, something that harkens back to the original days of the freelance journalist.  Something that could move the MSM into the 21st century.  NewAssignment.net.  Jay discusses in detail his idea (it’s long), but the bottom line is tapping into the new power of the Internet to both source stories, find people to write them, and then distribute the articles.  Commentary is pretty positive.  Dan Gillmor is backing it: [...] [...] Jay Rosen announced yesterday a revolutionary idea, something that harkens back to the original days of the freelance journalist.  Something that could move the MSM into the 21st century.  NewAssignment.net.  Jay discusses in detail his idea (it’s long), but the bottom line is tapping into the new power of the Internet to both source stories, find people to write them, and then distribute the articles.  Commentary is pretty positive.  Dan Gillmor is backing it: [...]

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/07/24/newassignment-a-new-way-toward-collaborative-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-396 A really, really… nice idea » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:48:28 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/07/24/newassignment-a-new-way-toward-collaborative-journalism/#comment-396 [...] Not surprisingly, Dan Gillmor — who started a citizen journalism venture called Bayosphere awhile back, and now helps run the Center for Citizen Media — also thinks it’s a great idea. But will it work? Dan’s own effort failed to attract any support from the blogosphere, or from interested citizen journalists in the Bay area, for a variety of reasons that Dan himself laid out after it folded. What makes Jay think NewAssignment will get any more traction? [...] [...] Not surprisingly, Dan Gillmor — who started a citizen journalism venture called Bayosphere awhile back, and now helps run the Center for Citizen Media — also thinks it’s a great idea. But will it work? Dan’s own effort failed to attract any support from the blogosphere, or from interested citizen journalists in the Bay area, for a variety of reasons that Dan himself laid out after it folded. What makes Jay think NewAssignment will get any more traction? [...]

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