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HERE COMES 'WE MEDIA'
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:06:36 -1000
HERE COMES 'WE MEDIA' Tech-Savvy Readers Want In on the Conversation BY DAN GILLMOR In 1999, Jane¹s Intelligence followed in national security circles, wondered whether it was on the right track with an article about computer security and cyberterrorism. The editors went straight to some experts the denizens of Slashdot, a tech-oriented Web site and published a draft. In hundreds of postings on the site¹s message system, the technically adept members of that community promptly tore apart the draft and gave, often in colorful language, a variety of perspectives and suggestions. Jane¹s went back to the drawing board, and rewrote the article from scratch. The community had helped create something, and Jane¹s gratefully noted the contribution in the article it ultimately published. <snip> http://www.cjr.org/year/03/1/gillmor.asp Very good reading djf ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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