links for 2006-01-27

• Dissecting Dan (Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media )
  "Community can’t be created or imposed. Smart media should find ways to add the rest of the iceberg to their mix — not attempt to recreate it — creating a much fuller partnership of citizen and journalist and much richer and more interesting media."
  (tags: analysis citizen+journalism community collaboration journalism mainstream+media media our+comments our+coverage problem+solving trends)
• The Costs and Benefits of Interaction (Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits)
  "The intensely difficult job of a professional journalist is to use every tool available,to discover and then present a larger picture to help others expand their worldviews. Participating in a community conversation is one powerful tool for doing that."
  (tags: analysis content+strategy content+quality context conversation conversational+media community media mainstream+media problem+solving public+conversation)
• Dispersed Community = Little Citizens Journalism?
  "Lack of awareness of the Bay Area as a community ...an intriguing notion. If it's true, wouldn't it be a hurdle for citizens journalism projects in rapidly growing exurbs that are sprawling all over the U.S.?"
  (tags: Bay+Area blogs citizen+journalism community problems venues our+comments our+coverage)
• Can the Web Be a Community? (Newsome.Org)
  "Can we build cross-blog communities (not to be confused with clubs where you have to be invited to join) based on shared interests?"
  (tags: citizen+journalism blogs community problem+solving analysis)
• Citizen journalism code launched (CyberJournalist.net)
  "The National Union of Journalsits just published the Witness Contributors’ Code of Practice to address the important issues raised by the phenomenon of "citizen journalism." -- which is a start, although it misses the big picture, as I commented.
  (tags: citizen+journalism organizations mainstream+media media newspapers problem+solving our+comments)
• Citizen Journalism: Making New Mistakes (First Draft by Tim Porter)
  "Fewer people seem interested in the goings-on in Boulder or Bethesda than in posting vacation photos. Some of that discrepancy arises from the relative ease of uploading a photo compared to writing a report on the local sewer board."
  (tags: citizen+journalism Colorado Maryland problem+solving problems tools venues evolution skills our+comments)
• jack/zen: Action listening
  "The only way to see if a market (of early adopters) exists is to pilot/field-test the innovation real-time. To prototype and learn from the experience is “action listening.” Excellent point relevant to citizen journalism!
  (tags: citizen+journalism attitude evolution problem+solving media PR+marketing)
• Noted `citizen journalism' site tosses in towel (Chicago Tribune | Steven Johnson)
  "I've always had my doubts about "citizen journalism," the idea, very roughly speaking, that "ordinary" people can be motivated to provide meaningful and detailed coverage of their own communities on a volunteer basis."
  (tags: Bay+Area citizen+journalism venues skepticism problems our+comments)