Archive for February, 2009

Why do we let journalism bigwigs get away with bad ideas?

Few journalists would have had the audacity (or is it stupidity?) to pitch a story idea to Time Magazine about micropayments for journalism. Even fewer journalists would have gotten that story idea accepted. And almost none of those journalists would have had their story wind up on the front cover of Time Magazine. Enter Walter [...]

Citizen journalists will bring the what, while professionals bring the why

Citizen journalism is a gift to journalism, professional journalists and people all over the world. It’s an army of active citizens who want to report about the world around them — for free. They can cover far more ground than professional journalists and can provide coverage of events as they happen in real time — [...]