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A few days later, at the Journalism That Matters conference in D.C., reporters and editors from what are now known as "legacy" newspapers seemed chastened, ready to admit that journalism is broken and the fix is far from clear. On a Wiki and in small group exercises, they produced a proposal for the "next newsroom." Their prototype-a hodgepodge of moneymaking schemes and feel-good citizen engagement gimmicks-felt wan compared to the vigorous media experiments taking place across the country. While attendees were open to new ideas, they lacked the can-do spirit of the prog blogs, and instead bandied about weasel words like "hyperlocalism."
The bloggers and readers at the YearlyKos conference don't all agree on politics or tactics-their approaches range from investigative journalism to rhetorical Molotov-throwing. They don't always know if they're practicing journalism-and don't care. They do know that the public demands accountability and truth-telling from media and government alike.See the full content of this document
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Blogs Up, Hacks Down
OH, WHAT A difference a year makes. At the second annual YearlyKos conference in Chicago in early August, now-confident progressive bloggers played nice with journalists and political candidate...
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