The best investigative journalism team of our times was too expensive for Time Inc., which has millions to pay for pictures of celebrity babies, but Vanity Fair has done the right thing for Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele — and for all who care about quality journalism itself.
Posts from ‘August, 2006’
50 Million Blogs and Counting
Dave Sifry has posted his State of the Blogosphere, August 2006, with the fairly amazing note that Technorati has tracked its 50 millionth blog. Of course, a lot of them are link-groveling spammers, but still…
CJ Unconference, Off and Running
And we’re off: the Citizen Journalism unconference has begun. Doc Searls is keeping his docnograghy. Live audio is here. IRC: irc.freenode.net#citmedia
Tom Evslin, Net Neutrality, Berkman Conversation
The Berkman Center luncheon series will feature Tom Evslin next Tuesday, in a conversation about network neutrality and ways to ensure that the owners of the data pipes don’t abuse their power.
Deconstructing a Critique of Silicon Valley
In a posting, Slashdot pulls the most relevant items — that is, the ones that add real value to the conversation — out of the mass of comments about a previous posting, surfacing signal from noise.
Monday's Unconference Schedule
Here’s the schedule, as listed on the Citizen Journalism “Un-Conference” page, for our gathering on Monday. We have an excellent group of moderators, and an equally compelling collection of participants. (The moderators have posted short descriptions of what they’ll cover; you’ll find details via the link above.) Remember: The audience is the panel, and the […]
ShareSleuth's Careful Launch
ShareSleuth, the new online news venture created by Chris Carey and funded by Mark Cuban, is taking its time in launching — in part to think through some serious issues.
Not Digging Business Week's Hype
Techdirt pulls apart a remarkably hype-filled Business Week cover story on Digg.com, where people identify important news stories and vote on their importance. Digg is doing valuable work, but the Business Week story is indeed fairly ridiculous.
Wikimania, Unconference, Etc.
I will be mostly heads-down into several projects (incuding attending Wikimania and getting stuff together for my Monday un-conference) during the next several days. Postings will be infrequent.
On the Road
Heading to Boston today for Wikimania and our Monday citizen journalism unconference. Looking forward to seeing everyone…