Old-school journalism + blogging, social networks: synergy?


	Old-school journalism + blogging, social networks: synergy?

enbar

11-4-2007 10:22 AM

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enbar says:

Linked from Dave Winer's blog, I think. A cool, experimental idea: connect beat reporters with an online circle of stakeholders joined by modern net-based social-networking tools. In this scenario, the "new" "Web2.0" model of information distribution doesn't kill old-school journalism but reinvigorates it.

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