IP: Webloggers offer views media can't

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

BTW the cut is Dan's choice not mine :-) djf

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> http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/dgillmor/dg093001.htm
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> In the first hours following the Sept. 11 atrocities, consumers of news
> learned the ``what'' about the attacks, thanks to the television networks
> that showed the horror so graphically. Then we learned some of the ``how''
> and ``why'' as print publications and thoughtful broadcasters worked to
> bring depth to events that defied mere words. Journalists did some of their
> finest work and made me proud to be one of their number.
>
> People who understood the value of online networks were the grateful
> beneficiaries of another kind of reporting during those same awful hours and
> days. Via e-mails, mailing lists, chat groups, personal Web journals and
> non-standard news sources, they received valuable context that the major
> American media couldn't, or wouldn't, provide.
>
> They were witnessing -- and in many cases were also part of -- journalism's
> future.
>
> One participant was Dave Farber, a telecommunications professor at the
> University of Pennsylvania, who runs a mailing list called ``Interesting
> People'' (www.interesting-people.org). Farber, who prowls the Web and gets
> hundreds of messages each day, sends to his list the material he considers
> useful. In the wake of the attacks, his correspondents' perspectives --
> ranging from national-security issues to critiques of religion, followed by
> critiques of what he was sending out -- became essential reading for their
> breadth and depth.
>
> Meanwhile, some members of the weblog community had gone into overdrive. In
> general, weblogs are personal online journals, updated regularly, featuring
> links to Web material.



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