Thursday, September 18, 2003

From today's aggregator: Convergence of Blogs & Newspapers Economic dispatch: Victor Keegan reports on the Guardian's experimental linking of editorial comment and the world of the blog during this month's WTO summit. [Guardian Unlimited] The Future of Weblogging? First draft seeking comments: "Nico Macdonald puts Weblogging in the context of the history of online publishing, explaining its novelty and value, and indicating where it needs to innovate. He concludes with a proposal encouraging publishers to properly embrace the Weblogging model." Britblogs: Hope of journalism, or 'incestuous coterie'? "The blogging phenomenon in perspective" was the topic of a discussion yesterday in London. Issues and questions: "Are blogs revolutionising journalism, or have people in the traditional media lost faith in their own authority, leading them to talk blogs up? Do blogs enhance democracy, or do they make a virtue of narcissism and navel-gazing?" Lacking an early report on the debate, maybe the answers are on the scheduled speakers' own weblogs: Brendan O'Neill (assistant editor, spiked) brendanoneill.net Bill Thompson (technology commentator, BBC News) The BillBlog Perry de Havilland (partner, Big Blog Company) Samizdata | White Rose James Crabtree (director, iSociety) iWire | Voxpolitics Here's one report... 12:30:27 PM

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