Comments on: Barbarians at the Gate: New Media and Old Media http://propr.ca/2007/barbarians-at-the-gate-new-media-and-old-media/ Exploring social media and public relations Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joseph Thornley http://propr.ca/2007/barbarians-at-the-gate-new-media-and-old-media/comment-page-1/#comment-133542 Joseph Thornley Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:41:22 +0000 http://www.propr.ca/index.php/2007/barbarians-at-the-gate-new-media-and-old-media/#comment-133542 HI Jay, I didn't hear anyone arguing the replacement of professional news organizations by bloggers in the Rachel Sklar session. In fact, I think she made some points that placed her more in the camp of traditional professional journalists (i.e. emphasize getting it right over simply being first.) However, in the following session, Paul Sullivan of Orato.com spoke at length about citizen correspondents on sites like Orato simply going around the traditional media. HI Jay,
I didn’t hear anyone arguing the replacement of professional news organizations by bloggers in the Rachel Sklar session. In fact, I think she made some points that placed her more in the camp of traditional professional journalists (i.e. emphasize getting it right over simply being first.)

However, in the following session, Paul Sullivan of Orato.com spoke at length about citizen correspondents on sites like Orato simply going around the traditional media.

]]> By: Jay Rosen http://propr.ca/2007/barbarians-at-the-gate-new-media-and-old-media/comment-page-1/#comment-133234 Jay Rosen Thu, 31 May 2007 22:40:18 +0000 http://www.propr.ca/index.php/2007/barbarians-at-the-gate-new-media-and-old-media/#comment-133234 Hey Joseph: Maybe you can help settle something. In <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070530.WBcyberia20070530122514/WBStory/WBcyberia/" rel="nofollow">The new New Journalism beats up on the old</a>, Globe and Mail tech blogger Jack Kapica reported that a running theme of the Wednesday afternoon sessions at Mesh was "that bloggers can, in fact, easily replace news organizations, ousting professional news reporters with freelance amateurs and opinion-mongers." Did that actually happen? Did anyone argue that professional news organization are easily replaced by bloggers? Would you possibly recall the name of any speaker who made this (puzzling) claim? Do you recall it being made? I asked Kapica but he's not replying. I could be wrong, but my hunch is he may have made up that part of the story. But alas, I wasn't there. You were. Can you help me out? Rachel Sklar <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/05/31/meshfight-metabattle-be_n_50160.html" rel="nofollow">was there</a> and she said she didn't say anything like that. Thanks, Joe. Hey Joseph: Maybe you can help settle something.

In The new New Journalism beats up on the old, Globe and Mail tech blogger Jack Kapica reported that a running theme of the Wednesday afternoon sessions at Mesh was “that bloggers can, in fact, easily replace news organizations, ousting professional news reporters with freelance amateurs and opinion-mongers.”

Did that actually happen? Did anyone argue that professional news organization are easily replaced by bloggers? Would you possibly recall the name of any speaker who made this (puzzling) claim? Do you recall it being made?

I asked Kapica but he’s not replying. I could be wrong, but my hunch is he may have made up that part of the story. But alas, I wasn’t there. You were. Can you help me out?

Rachel Sklar was there and she said she didn’t say anything like that.

Thanks, Joe.

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