Comments on: Virginia Tech: How Media Are Evolving

By: Web communities drive Virginia coverage « Webs@Work

Web communities drive Virginia coverage « Webs@Work — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:11:52 +0000

[...] Gillmor of the Center for Citizen Media has an essay on his blog as an op-ed piece in the Washington Examiner. His eloquent conclusion is worth [...]

By: Bob Stepno's Other Journalism Weblog: VT shootings and citizen journalism « Identity Unknown

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:59 +0000

[...] Gillmor of the Center for Citizen Media: “Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously [...]

By: links for 2007-04-22 at Framtider.net

links for 2007-04-22 at Framtider.net — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:18:41 +0000

[...] Center for Citizen Media: Virginia Tech: How Media Are Evolving “We will still need journalists to help sort things out. /…/ We used to say that journalists write the first draft of history. Not so, not any longer. The people on the ground at these events write the first draft.” (tags: virginia_tech journalistik deltagande_journalistik) [...]

By: jill/txt » links for 2007-04-22

jill/txt » links for 2007-04-22 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:27:56 +0000

[...] Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Dan Gillmore » Virginia Tech: How Media Are Evolving “We used to say that journalists write the first draft of history. Not so, not any longer. The people on the ground at these events write the first draft. This is not a worrisome change, not if we are appropriately skeptical and to find sources we trust. (tags: vtechshooting citizenmedia video virginiatech blogs) [...]

By: Andrea King, M.S., N.C.C.

Andrea King, M.S., N.C.C. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:21:00 +0000

I feel it is important to air this information if it is coupled with thorough interviews with well known psychiatrists. Cho likely suffered with mental health disorders and unfortunately America is not educated enough, in my opinion, on such disorders as much as they are regarding physical disorders. Mental health awareness is key to preventing these massacres in the future. As a professional therapist, I want to express how very important it is for a killer to not be described as just a cold hearted murderer. This young man had mental health issues that apparently went either undiagnosed or untreated. This is not to excuse his behaviors, but at least people can better understand that biochemical imbalances likely existed. The warning signs were there, but without more education regarding mental health, these devastating events will likely continue.

By: Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation and the Web » Blog Archive » Tragedy & Social Media

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:08:12 +0000

[...] Dan Gillmor [...]

By: MadTeaParty by DaniCast » Blog Archive » O horror do massacre na universidade permite vislumbrar futuro da midia

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:31:40 +0000

[...] “O massacre na universidade Virginia Tech permite vislumbrar o futuro da midia, escreve Dan Gillmor, um dos pioneiros do movimento do jornalismo colaborativo. Alem das imagens gravadas com cameras de celular, uma serie de outras midias – redes sociais, blogs, email – estavam em uso por pessoas direta ou indiretamente envolvidas. “As palavras dos alunos eram pungentes” – diz. “Elas eram direto da fonte, nao passadas pelo funil da midia tradicional, o que teria acontecido num passado nao muito distante” – analisa. A midia democratizada, que coloca na mao de qualquer um ferramentas para criar e distribuir, altera a maneira como eventos como esse entram para historia. “Costumavamos dizer que os jornalistas escreviam o 1o rascunho da historia. Nao, nao é mais assim” – avalia. “As pessoas que estao nesses eventos é que escrevem o 1o rascunho”. Leia a integra, em inglês, aqui.” [...]

By: gzino

gzino — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:21:43 +0000

Great post. I think it is critical to consider that the same new media foundations could facilitate much better and more proactive public safety type communications, and help avert or minimize situations like this. Described in more detail over at NextBlitz.

By: NextBlitz

NextBlitz — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:19:10 +0000

Virginia Tech tragedy: new media but old public safety communications…

Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media Blog and Liz Gannes at GigaOm do a terrific job of describing the impact of new media forces on the coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy – a critical mass of people…

By: Wordblog » Blog Archive » Where do you get your news?

Wordblog » Blog Archive » Where do you get your news? — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:11:14 +0000

[...] Dan Gillmor, author of We the Media, did not switch on his TV until the evening on the day of the shootings in Blacksburg. Instead he “used the online media — including the major news sites — to get the latest information, sifting it, making judgments about credibility and reliability as I read and watched and listened. That, too, is the future in many cases.” [...]