Whither Wales?

There's been a good discussion going on at Poynter Institute's E-Media Tidbits group blog about a less than enthusiastic assessment of citizen journalism's prospects from a surprising source. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, probably the premier example of webifying the wisdom of the masses, suggested at a Columbia J-School event I attended that in terms of straight reporting of the deep kind, we shouldn't expect citJers to make their mark. Take a look at that original posting and the comments from others, or share your thoughts with us below.