Posted on April 22, 2005 11:14 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication | Wikis
Wired has an interesting piece today about the problems Wikinews is experiencing that its parent, Wikipedia, never had to deal with:
“In Wikipedia, the writing style of an encyclopedia is more timeless. You can get it right eventually. It’s going to be the same article for many years,” said Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s founder. “With a news story, the actual story has a limited lifespan. If it’s…
Posted on April 19, 2005 7:56 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication | Wikis
Microsoft’s Encarta must be feeling the pressure from Wikipedia. As traffic to the open-source, wiki-driven encyclopedia increases, the folks at Microsoft must be wondering what it takes to keep people coming to its mainstream encyclopedia with its professionally written and edited articles.
In what must be an effort to compete head-to-head with Wikipedia, the folks at Encarta have decided to let readers be…
Posted on March 23, 2005 9:17 am by Shel Holtz | Media | Participatory Communication
Mark Glaser interviews several people who might someday have the title “Citizen Media Editor,” an official position in the newsroom responsible for the news outlet’s participatory journalism efforts. Writing in Online Journalism Review, Glaser notes…
...it’s not surprising that the more industrious news sites have started to ask their readers to take on citizen media projects, submit photos, start a blog or give live online feedback…
Posted on March 18, 2005 10:15 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
First there was Dan Gillmor with his book, “We the Media.” Then Robert Scoble and Shel Israel took the same route with “The Red Couch” (the title of which is still in question). Now, copyright lawyer Lawrence Lessig has added his book to the list of those written online using tools that let readers collaborate in the process.
Lessig first published “Code” in 1999. It’s due for a rewrite,…
Posted on March 15, 2005 10:06 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
A good friend of mine who works on the IABC staff finds the discussion taking place on Allan Jenkins’ blog disturbing. I don’t know what aspect of the discussion is distressing, but I’m guessing it’s the fact that a candid, no-holds-barred debate about IABC is taking place and IABC has no control over it.
Welcome to the real world.
The conversation so far features 23 separate…
Posted on January 17, 2005 8:40 am by Shel Holtz | Participatory Communication
The evolution of the newspaper business takes a significant step forward with plans announced by the editors of North Carolina’s News & Record. The printed paper itself—still a profitable venture—won’t change, but the paper’s Web site is set for an overhaul that will reflect the increasing importance of participatory journalism. The site will feature…
...ways for readers to discuss issues online, more interaction between readers and…
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