PressThinkPressThink: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine, by Jay Rosen.Migration Point for the Press Tribe- June 26, 2008 "Like reluctant migrants everywhere, the people in the news tribe have to decide what to take with them. When to leave. Where to land. They have to figure out what is essential to their way of life. They have to ask if what they know is portable."http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/06/26/pdf.html Update on Beatblogging.org Six Months In- June 19, 2008 David Cohn is moving on to figure out if crowd funding can be made to work for news. Another young web-savvy journalist is moving in: Patrick Thornton. He's going "scour the Web for the people who are pushing the practice of beat reporting."http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/06/19/beatblog_update.html Filter the Best Stuff to the Front Page: A Demo- June 16, 2008 OffTheBus and NewsTrust.Net ran a little test two weeks ago. It's a crowdsourced week in review feature for high quality John McCain coverage, June 2 to 9. Here's the background and results.http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/06/16/mccain_news_hun.html When Mayhill Fowler Met Bill Clinton at the Rope Line- June 9, 2008 "Trust me because I mask my true feelings about the matter" is not an inherently better way to journalize or gain cred. "Trust me because I show you what my true feelings on the matter are..." can also work. And if it has pro and amateur wings maybe the press can fly again.http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2008/06/09/fowler_clinton.html |