The Fresno Bee panel on blogging
Submitted by jarah on Fri, 08/05/2005 - 19:51.
Wednesday I had the pleasure of visiting The Fresno Bee to sit on a Diversity Committee panel on blogging.
group and author of the newly minted bellyacher, Rick from Unspun, Matt from The Beehive, national expert Chris Pirillo via seven-second delayed video conference, and myself.
Blogging is a scary thing for some news organizations. Will bloggers steal our readers? Our jobs? Will our democracy crumble if people turn to blogs for news? What does it mean for us? There are lots of blogs devoted to these concerns.
Some audience members seemed genuinely interested in what this whole blogging thing was all about. Some, it seemed, just wanted us to admit most blogs are crap. Managing Editor Betsy Lumbye asked, How do you separate the wheat from the chaff? It's a fair question, and I would open it up to Famous readers. Do you have a hard time finding blogs that interest, entertain, or educate you?
The most powerful thing about blogging is not the blog. Any one blog could disappear and no one would bat an eyelash. But the ability for anyone, anywhere to publish content and links for virtually no cost is what is transforming the way we receive our information. And the information we receive is becoming richer and more nuanced, thanks to the power of links, tags, and feeds.
It seems like news organizations would be excited, not frightened, by that. I'm glad the Bee is thinking about these issues and it was fun discussing them.
The Fresno Bee Diversity Committee PresentsOn the panel was Frank D of Urban Tribe 6 and AudioHarvest, Bria, moderator for the Downtown Fresno MySpace
Blogging
Fad? Long-term trend? What does it mean for us?
A panel discussion involving local bloggers and national experts about how the Internet is diversifying the way people are getting their information.
group and author of the newly minted bellyacher, Rick from Unspun, Matt from The Beehive, national expert Chris Pirillo via seven-second delayed video conference, and myself.
Blogging is a scary thing for some news organizations. Will bloggers steal our readers? Our jobs? Will our democracy crumble if people turn to blogs for news? What does it mean for us? There are lots of blogs devoted to these concerns.
Some audience members seemed genuinely interested in what this whole blogging thing was all about. Some, it seemed, just wanted us to admit most blogs are crap. Managing Editor Betsy Lumbye asked, How do you separate the wheat from the chaff? It's a fair question, and I would open it up to Famous readers. Do you have a hard time finding blogs that interest, entertain, or educate you?
The most powerful thing about blogging is not the blog. Any one blog could disappear and no one would bat an eyelash. But the ability for anyone, anywhere to publish content and links for virtually no cost is what is transforming the way we receive our information. And the information we receive is becoming richer and more nuanced, thanks to the power of links, tags, and feeds.
It seems like news organizations would be excited, not frightened, by that. I'm glad the Bee is thinking about these issues and it was fun discussing them.
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