Comments on: Media Predictions, 2007 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Citizen Media Watch » Dan Gillmor’s media predictions for 2007 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-921 Citizen Media Watch » Dan Gillmor’s media predictions for 2007 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:31:31 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/#comment-921 [...] Dan Gillmor is a wise man in the citizen media world, so it’s with interest I read his media predictions for 2007. They are about US media, but interesting none the less. And I like the quiz format of this post (which Gillmor’s borrowed from columnist William Safire). 9. The most important journalism innovation will be: A. The combination of reputation and popularity in selecting news that matters B. Sophisticated “Web 2.0″ mashups C. A major investigation, reported in part by the audience, leading to significant state and/or federal legislation [...] [...] Dan Gillmor is a wise man in the citizen media world, so it’s with interest I read his media predictions for 2007. They are about US media, but interesting none the less. And I like the quiz format of this post (which Gillmor’s borrowed from columnist William Safire). 9. The most important journalism innovation will be: A. The combination of reputation and popularity in selecting news that matters B. Sophisticated “Web 2.0″ mashups C. A major investigation, reported in part by the audience, leading to significant state and/or federal legislation [...]

]]> By: Debbie Galant http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Debbie Galant Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:32:16 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/#comment-920 Damn, and I was hoping the answer to #10 would be C. Damn, and I was hoping the answer to #10 would be C.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Seth Finkelstein Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:49:04 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/#comment-919 Regarding 3-C, you might be interested in this piece in _The Register_: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/photojournalism_and_copyright/ Note I don't agree with everything in it, but it makes some points relevant to the earlier long thread about photojournalism. Regarding 3-C, you might be interested in this piece in _The Register_:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/29/photojournalism_and_copyright/

Note I don’t agree with everything in it, but it makes some points relevant to the earlier long thread about photojournalism.

]]> By: Delia http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Delia Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:18:15 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/12/29/media-predictions-2007/#comment-918 re: 9. The most important journalism innovation will be: A. The combination of reputation and popularity in selecting news that matters Dan, I'm not sure what they mean by "news that matters" -- it seems an ill defined phrase to me: news that matter ...to whom? ... in what circumstance? etc. aside from that, I don't know that using "reputation" is necessarily such a good idea -- at best, it seems to be just an approximation of qualities that may be better assessed on their own right (I would even favor "blind assessments" -- where those who assess pieces of news have no idea who wrote the stuff... it *shouldn't* make a difference... of course, this assumes you could independently check facts etc.) Delia re:

9. The most important journalism innovation will be:
A. The combination of reputation and popularity in selecting news that matters

Dan,

I’m not sure what they mean by “news that matters” — it seems an ill defined phrase to me: news that matter …to whom? … in what circumstance? etc.

aside from that, I don’t know that using “reputation” is necessarily such a good idea — at best, it seems to be just an approximation of qualities that may be better assessed on their own right (I would even favor “blind assessments” — where those who assess pieces of news have no idea who wrote the stuff… it *shouldn’t* make a difference… of course, this assumes you could independently check facts etc.)

Delia

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