March 31, 2006 3:51 PM
Samuel Freedman is a journalist I respect. He's a professor of journalism at Columbia University and a former reporter for The New York Times. He's written a thoughtful piece on 'citizen journalismm,' headlined "On the differences between the amateur and the pro."
I just wish he and others would move beyond the idea that citizens participating in the creation of content means an erosion of journalism standards. In my view, the addition of more voices to the conversation in our society is a plus and the angst of journalists is misplaced.
March 22, 2006 12:22 PM
Mitch Albom, sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press and author of "Tuesdays with Morrie," wrote a strong column about our photographer Steve Nickerson, who is facing a life-threatening illness.
March 22, 2006 10:57 AM
Glenn Reynolds, the writer of the Instapundit blog, has a piece on another Web site headlined "Newspapers in trouble?"
I admire his blog, but his analysis of newspapers is lacking in certain respects.
March 22, 2006 9:53 AM
A blogger who's been critical of me visited the newspaper the other day and wrote a funny blog item about his experience.
March 19, 2006 8:01 PM
I have raised the issue of Google's power to hurt a Web site by not listing the site in its search directory, as it did with YourHub.com for about eight months, until January of this year. Now the world's most powerful search company is facing a lawsuit over this very issue.
March 15, 2006 1:34 PM
Tom Grubisich finds a sour smell in the success of YourHub.com because, in his view, it’s more PR than grassroots journalism. Although he did more reporting than most journalists who knock YourHub.com, his conclusion is a leap, one that reflects an unfortunate hostility to experiments in “citizen journalism” by many in the mainstream media and a fundamental misunderstanding of what free speech might mean in the digital era.
March 14, 2006 7:16 PM
I attended the Gridiron show in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night, a high point of the year for me. The next morning I read the story about the allegedly off-the-record event in The Washington Post and was disappointed that the cynicism of the writer got in the way of conveying the experience.
