Comments on: Where’s the we in WeMedia? http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: TramadoL33026 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1961 TramadoL33026 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:07:36 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1961 I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days. I haven’t been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can’t be bothered with anything these days.

]]> By: TramadoL96434 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1960 TramadoL96434 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:51:49 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1960 I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently. I just don’t have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can’t be bothered with anything recently.

]]> By: TramadoL96794 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1959 TramadoL96794 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:04:44 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1959 Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It's not important. I just don't have much to say lately. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh. Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It’s not important. I just don’t have much to say lately. I’ve just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh.

]]> By: TramadoL43540 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1958 TramadoL43540 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:47:38 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1958 I can't be bothered with anything these days, but such is life. I don't care. So it goes. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. I've just been hanging out waiting for something to happen, but that's how it is. I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but such is life. I don’t care. So it goes. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. I’ve just been hanging out waiting for something to happen, but that’s how it is.

]]> By: IrishEyes http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1965 IrishEyes Fri, 19 May 2006 12:46:55 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1965 <strong>Suw Charman Wins Award for Best Conference Report</strong> THREE GOLD STARS to Suw Charman for her double-barrelled constructive critique of WeMedia held recently in London. She says, For a conference about the media and how it relates to the public, WeMedia missed tricks left, right and centre. Some Suw Charman Wins Award for Best Conference Report

THREE GOLD STARS to Suw Charman for her double-barrelled constructive critique of WeMedia held recently in London. She says, For a conference about the media and how it relates to the public, WeMedia missed tricks left, right and centre. Some

]]> By: johnnie@johnniemoore.com http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1957 johnnie@johnniemoore.com Thu, 18 May 2006 09:15:11 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1957 Wow, I'm so glad I wasn't there. I'm sure I'd have been fit to be tied by the end of it. Wow, I’m so glad I wasn’t there. I’m sure I’d have been fit to be tied by the end of it.

]]> By: DK http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1956 DK Thu, 11 May 2006 21:56:35 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1956 Nice write-up - I was one of the 'digital assassins' and of the little I experienced from the conference, I came away with pretty much the same feelings as you (plus many of the commenters here). Talking with the other 'assassins' before the gig, there was an air of confusion born out of a lack of briefing and information given to us. I'm sure if we all knew now what we knew then, many of us would not have participated. At least I had a great table full of wonderful and engaging people, many others got a real 'grilling'... Nice write-up - I was one of the ‘digital assassins’ and of the little I experienced from the conference, I came away with pretty much the same feelings as you (plus many of the commenters here).

Talking with the other ‘assassins’ before the gig, there was an air of confusion born out of a lack of briefing and information given to us. I’m sure if we all knew now what we knew then, many of us would not have participated.

At least I had a great table full of wonderful and engaging people, many others got a real ‘grilling’…

]]> By: Jackie Danicki http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1955 Jackie Danicki Tue, 09 May 2006 12:00:09 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1955 Ugh, I so know that feeling, and am feeling your frustration and and annoyance as I type this. These people don't know what they don't know, but I think what they don't know is only starting to spank their arrogant backsides. Ugh, I so know that feeling, and am feeling your frustration and and annoyance as I type this. These people don’t know what they don’t know, but I think what they don’t know is only starting to spank their arrogant backsides.

]]> By: Only the real is unreal http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1964 Only the real is unreal Tue, 09 May 2006 11:53:20 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1964 <strong>a thin red line ?</strong> it seems like the companies and mediastations are starting to cross the lines of bloggers. or blogging as a whole. I have been very sceptic about this development - especially because my own “thin red line” between exploitation and genuine... a thin red line ?

it seems like the companies and mediastations are starting to cross the lines of bloggers. or blogging as a whole. I have been very sceptic about this development - especially because my own “thin red line” between exploitation and genuine…

]]> By: Chris Abraham http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1954 Chris Abraham Mon, 08 May 2006 19:23:10 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/05/05/wheres-the-we-in-wemedia#comment-1954 Blogging requires only a couple things but the stumbling blocks are huge: literacy and access to the Internet. What blogging -- participatory media -- has going for it is zero barrier to entry, after you get past illiteracy and the digital divide. Okay, We Media was rife with barriers to entry. The fee. The geographical location (bloggers don't do location). The defensive nature of MSM while they're trying to be so generous and participatory (actually, it's more like keeping your friends close and your bloggers closer). It was all so transparent to me and nobody bought it. That said, it was super important, this We Media conference. Why? Because it was an opportunity to see how hungry, how scared, how afraid, how obsolete, how vulnerable, and how exposed journalists, reporters, columnists, and the like are. Especially if that reporter is JUST a reporter and not also an Economist, Scientist, or other expert. The days of journalism being its own expertise is going going gone. One will need to have expertise and then start reporting -- start participating. Blogging requires only a couple things but the stumbling blocks are huge: literacy and access to the Internet.

What blogging — participatory media — has going for it is zero barrier to entry, after you get past illiteracy and the digital divide.

Okay, We Media was rife with barriers to entry.

The fee. The geographical location (bloggers don’t do location). The defensive nature of MSM while they’re trying to be so generous and participatory (actually, it’s more like keeping your friends close and your bloggers closer).

It was all so transparent to me and nobody bought it. That said, it was super important, this We Media conference. Why? Because it was an opportunity to see how hungry, how scared, how afraid, how obsolete, how vulnerable, and how exposed journalists, reporters, columnists, and the like are.

Especially if that reporter is JUST a reporter and not also an Economist, Scientist, or other expert.

The days of journalism being its own expertise is going going gone. One will need to have expertise and then start reporting — start participating.

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