Tuesday, June 07, 2005



The challenge to bloggers is to create the worlds we would prefer to live in. To express, to find the conflicts associated with, the deep human values we want emphasized in the world at large. We need more character and life-affirming values ... Mainstream Media's inability to see the Forest through the Trees Michael Schaefer: reflects on a success of the imagination

The Blog, The Press, The Media: The bloggers have all the best news
In America, the first major study of web diaries reveals that they are shaping the political landscape like never before, but what of their British counterparts? Owen Gibson investigates

The furore around "Rathergate" brought the blogging phenomenon to the fore during the presidential election as well, and gave rise to a slew of newspaper stories suggesting that a seismic shift was taking place in the American media landscape. Could blogs, they asked, become the fifth estate?


Spreading the good word: How we will be sharing our knowledge through consulting and community projects
Buzz, Blogs and Beyond [Watergate is the great redemptive story believers learn to tell about the press and what it can do for the American people Jay Rosen ; Glenn Reynolds We the Media ]
• · Jennifer Marohasy Vague About Collapse ; Our job is like a baker's work -- his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out. Kapuscinski, Ryszard The Washingtonienne: an explicit sex confessional
• · · Canadian blogging network making waves ; Blogger leads the news pack
• · · · As distrust of the press grows, news articles are relentlessly scrutinized for bias, but almost no one is focusing on stories that are simply ignored Stories Not Told ; Loosing Google's Lock on the Past
• · · · · IF is a daily digest of inspiration for brand planners and creative marketers. IF is an Idea Forge. Whether you work in a marketing department, a communications agency or are just involved in the success of your business - we hope IF provides its members with fresh, effective stimulus. i.e. ArtWalk: Over 40 emerging and established artists open their studio doors to the public in Brooklyn ; 2007 AD Sony's ePaper is cheaper than real paper Googlezon and the newsmasters
• · · · · · What is it about law that turns so many people into writers? Brigid Delaney takes up the case - Lawyers Turned Writers When the pen proves mightier ; As corporations catch on to the potential of adding a blog to their company's marketing arsenal, our MarketingProfs Thought Leaders Summit tapped into some of the best minds in the blogosphere for advice A Business Case for Blogging: Thought Leaders on Marketing Blogs