Replacing Journalism: New Foundations for Expertise, Diversity, and Debate

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com>
Date: May 3, 2009 6:20:46 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Replacing Journalism: New Foundations for Expertise,  
Diversity, and Debate

http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/article/journalism_foundations.html

The system in this article isn't a comprehensive replacement for all
the roles played by newspapers and news magazines.  I've just isolated
three key traits we seek in journalism--expertise, diversity, and
debate--and suggest how we might elicit them from the general public
without mediation by journalists.  The exercise is an example of the
kind of practice that could emerge from a combination of new
technologies and new habits.

Journalism presents facts and opinions in a manner that helps us make
critical decisions, individually and as a collective. If professionals
can no longer serve us with the necessary research, analysis, and
filtering, we must use other sources and incentives to cultivate the
three traits I listed in the title.

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