Dan Gillmor, Mercury News I was still waking up and had only handwritten notes on this session, but here's what stuck...
"We Media"
- Old convergence was the old adopting the new
- Now its media in the digital age
- Journalism is a conversation, or maybe a seminar
- "We can fact check your ass," said Ken Layne
Founding Principles, including:
- My readers know more than I do (not a threat, an opportunity)
- Sources have new options (e.g. Pentagon posting full transcripts)
- Duality of channels good for distribution
- New tools
Sirfy: Guy blogging via phone while running a marathon
- Next time a major earthquake happens in Japan and there are 500 photos blogged before news outlets even arise it will fundamentally shake up journalism
- What will happen if Hollywood wins?
Bob F.: Diversity of media revenue models?
We now have an aggregation business model which is also successful as a journalism model.
News could have sued Netscape out of existance, but unlike entertainment, didn't.
Big discussion on if Bloggers should have ethical standards, more on that later.
7:10:59 PM 
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