Morphing media at MediaMorphosis
Over at the MediaMorphosis Blog, the hackneyed arguments over blogs' role in journalism and whether news is a conversation have taken on new life.
Two comments seem particularly poignant:
In answer to a question of whether the new definition of news a conversation, nytimes.com's Len Apcar hit the nail on the head when he said, "Why do we see these as mutually exclusive? Our real challenge is how to properly and elegantly integrate these aspects into one presentation on a web site All of that is channeled in a way where you understand the hierarchy of what's presented and where you can interact."
He's dead on. Why are we always debating blogs versus news and conversation versus "old media" when the reality is everything is changing and all these new forms are clearly influencing the old forms -- and there's no question the "news" of the future will incorporate the best of all these elements (plus unfortunately, but inevitably, some of the worst as well). The challenge is is to figure out how to incorporate the new ways of telling the news that technology is creating.
On a seperate but related note, Jan Schaeffer finally points out that blogs are not the be-all-end-all of online conversation! "We could build more participatory elements in our journalism that are not just blogs ...blogs are just a part of it."
Thank you Jan! Blogs are just a tool. Right now it just happens to be the best and most popular one. But there have been participatory tools in the past and there will be new ones in the future. Let's remember that the conversation should be about participatory journalism and not get caught up in limited debates over blogs.
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1 comments about 'Morphing media at MediaMorphosis'We need to keep in mind that, at its core, the "news" is a collection of articles factually (for the most part) describing important current events.
On the other hand, a blog is more like an editorial or op-ed article in that it serves to describe some point of view, usually related to current events.
While publisher-reader interaction about news events and opinions can be useful and interesting, I don't see any intrinsic interactivity in "news" per se.
Posted by Terry Steichen at March 15, 2004 6:47 AM
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