Bloggers Move Into the Mainstream

 

The Wall Street Journal has previewed this weekend's "Blogging, Journalism and Credibility" conference at Harvard University.
The WSJ's story, running under the headline "When Bloggers Make News", looks at the bloggers' world and the phenomenon has become known as "citizen journalism" (also known as "open source journalism", "hyper-local journalism" and "participatory journalism"), and gives the readers a picture that says:

Bloggers ... are finally moving from the alleys and side streets of the Internet into the mainstream. And as their visibility and clout increases, some are asking: what are the rules of the road? There is no exam to pass or society to join to become a blogger -- anybody can set up a "Web log" to publish his or her ideas -- and at last count, an estimated eight million people in the U.S. are doing so, writing on everything from pets to porn.

This refers to a study conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project. According to the findings of Pew Internet & American Life Project, 7% of the 120 million U.S. adults who use the internet say they have created a blog or web-based diary. That represents more than 8 million people.

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Dialogue of Journalists and Bloggers at Harvard

 

To both journalism and blogging, credibility is essential...
There can be no question that the phenomenon of blogging, especially blogs focused on politics and public affairs, has changed the way information becomes front page news...

A group of bloggers and journalists are gathering at Harvard on Jan. 21 and 22(Friday and Saturday) for a conference exploring how journalism is being affected or transformed by blogging, entitled "Blogging, Journalism and Credibility: Battleground and Common Ground."
The conference is being organized by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School, the American Library Association’s Office of Information Technology and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Among questions to be discussed and reflected on are: What are the areas of common ground shared by these very different approaches to handling news and information? Can journalists who also blog do their work without conflicting standards? Might bloggers adopt standards and a transparency that will elevate their credibility? and so on.
The conference organizers are launching a pre-conference discussion on this here.
The conference is invitation-only, but don't worry, because it will be webcast live and there will be an IRC so that people can participate remotely in the discussion. All conference sessions and all online discussion will be completely public and on-the-record.
According to Jon Dude at cyberjournalist.net, you have to check this page as the dates approach for links to the webcast and instructions on how to join the IRC.
By the way, a list of participants is accessible here.

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Back again

 

Hi again. Well, new year and new start@Cyber Journalism vs Print Journalism

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