We are faced with defining ourselves neither by distancing others as counterpoles nor by drawing them close as facsimiles, but by locating ourselves among them.
- Clifford Geertz in Local Knowledge (1983)
Are You Ready for a Brand New Beat? The Blogger as Citizen Journalist
The Blog, The Press, The Media: What You Missed: Throw Another Blog On the Fire
Rich people can be bloggers, too.
And if you're Mark Cuban, high-tech entrepreneur and basketball team owner, blogging enables you to communicate directly with the fans -- and slap some sportswriters with such labels as "the new moron in town."
In the coverage of him and the Dallas Mavericks, Cuban says, "there was not a whole lot of fact-checking done, not a whole lot of accountability," and blogging "was my chance to correct what needed to be corrected. Too many times I read what I was doing from people I'd never talked to -- 'rumor had it,' 'sources say.' " He says blogmaverick.com "has changed how the media deal with me" because if reporters are sloppy, "they know I'll call them on it."
• Rich fingers can blog too [A Slap in the Face: Judges don't exactly decide cases based on public sentiment, but their decisions do reflect the values of their society. And in our society, public support for the news media has all but evaporated Climate for freedom of the press is bad -- and here's why ; Eye-goggling pursuit of scoops: the driving philosophy of much of the blogging world. It’s the search for the “gotcha” moment The Silence of the Blogs ; Rwdb's Are Coming To Grogblogging! RSL 565 George St Red faces In RSL ; Old Date with the Bloggers ]
• · Blogspotting: Wouldn't it be great if there was a quick portal where many of the respected bloggers, massive blog engines, and just plain good & well maintained blogs were easily found and accessed ... info@deepblog.com Do you blog a beat? Let us know: info at deepblog.com ; Bog, Honor, Ojczyzna Your Actions Matter - and You Are NEVER Powerless
• · · Digging past the abundance of hype and spin, you have probably already discerned the news kernel: Gawker Media has gone Central European. Today bloggers praise new Gawker Media subsidiary Sploid taking over the entertainment news in the heart of Europe ;-D In Praise of Sploid; via Douglas Arellanes who posts breathtakingly unflattering portraits of Iveta Is this the worldliest blogger in Prague? ; Search-engine savvy librarian shares some of her expertise In Praise of Mary Ellen Bates
• · · · The obsession with being first leads to a buffet line of bad journalistic behavior New Values for a New Age of Journalism ; In the satirical newspaper the Onion, the only sacrilege is to not be funny. We still are people who get drunk or stoned and lie on the couch all day and play video games Peeling the Onion
• · · · · Gone for Good? I hope not ... Scribbler: the blog of John Boase Adieu, adieu, adieu ; Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group has secured a 15-year deal to provide broadcaster SBS with digital television transmission services MCG wins SBS digital TV deal
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