Comments on: What is Web 2.0 and why do (some) journalists fear it? http://heisel.org/blog/2008/04/25/what-is-web-20-and-why-do-some-journalists-fear-it/ Musings for those in the media who grok, grep, and otherwise get the Web. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Chris http://heisel.org/blog/2008/04/25/what-is-web-20-and-why-do-some-journalists-fear-it/comment-page-1/#comment-30293 Chris Thu, 08 May 2008 01:17:40 +0000 http://heisel.org/blog/?p=694#comment-30293 <p>"It starts with a curious mind, which all journalists should have."</p> <p>Amen Brian!</p> “It starts with a curi­ous mind, which all jour­nal­ists should have.”

Amen Brian!

]]> By: Chris http://heisel.org/blog/2008/04/25/what-is-web-20-and-why-do-some-journalists-fear-it/comment-page-1/#comment-30292 Chris Thu, 08 May 2008 01:17:03 +0000 http://heisel.org/blog/?p=694#comment-30292 <p>@Brad - I think you make an excellent point... journalism and technology have long been intertwined in my life and the ethos from almost directly translates to the other.</p> @Brad – I think you make an excel­lent point… jour­nal­ism and tech­nol­ogy have long been inter­twined in my life and the ethos from almost directly trans­lates to the other.

]]> By: Brian Cubbison http://heisel.org/blog/2008/04/25/what-is-web-20-and-why-do-some-journalists-fear-it/comment-page-1/#comment-30288 Brian Cubbison Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:04 +0000 http://heisel.org/blog/?p=694#comment-30288 <p>I'll have a go at it.</p> <p>Listening - We're more used to speaking, writing, publishing at people in a one-way process.</p> <p>Participation - We think of ourselves as monks who have cut off community involvement in order to remain objective.</p> <p>Transparency - We're not in the communication business, we're in the information business, and we hope to control and sell the information we've collected.</p> <p>Ongoing inquiry - We publish a story and then it's on to the next one, without looking back to see what people are saying, adding to, or challenging about what we've just published.</p> <p>It's changing, though. It starts with a curious mind, which all journalists should have.</p> I’ll have a go at it.

Lis­ten­ing – We’re more used to speak­ing, writ­ing, pub­lish­ing at people in a one-​way process.

Par­tic­i­pa­tion – We think of our­selves as monks who have cut off com­mu­nity involve­ment in order to remain objective.

Trans­parency – We’re not in the com­mu­ni­ca­tion busi­ness, we’re in the infor­ma­tion busi­ness, and we hope to con­trol and sell the infor­ma­tion we’ve collected.

Ongo­ing inquiry – We pub­lish a story and then it’s on to the next one, with­out look­ing back to see what people are saying, adding to, or chal­leng­ing about what we’ve just published.

It’s chang­ing, though. It starts with a curi­ous mind, which all jour­nal­ists should have.

]]> By: Brad King http://heisel.org/blog/2008/04/25/what-is-web-20-and-why-do-some-journalists-fear-it/comment-page-1/#comment-30287 Brad King Mon, 05 May 2008 12:29:11 +0000 http://heisel.org/blog/?p=694#comment-30287 <p>I've had the benefit of growing up with technology (got my first computer in 1984) and working in journalist (got my first job in 1994) -- and I've always thought there was a direct relationship with each other.</p> <p>From the open source movement to the Hacker ethic, the idea behind technology has always been -- as you point out -- similar to the idea behind journalism. Why that hasn't translated into the newsroom, I'll never know.</p> I’ve had the ben­e­fit of grow­ing up with tech­nol­ogy (got my first com­puter in 1984) and work­ing in jour­nal­ist (got my first job in 1994) — and I’ve always thought there was a direct rela­tion­ship with each other.

From the open source move­ment to the Hacker ethic, the idea behind tech­nol­ogy has always been — as you point out — sim­i­lar to the idea behind jour­nal­ism. Why that hasn’t trans­lated into the news­room, I’ll never know.

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