Comments on: If you want engagement, be ready to engage http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 21:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mike http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2531 Mike Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:09:36 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2531 Technology plays no part in the folklore of journalism. In the popular imagination, newsrooms are stuck in 1972 and aspiring journalists dream of being the next Woodward and Bernstein. Blame it on Hollywood. Technology plays no part in the folklore of journalism. In the popular imagination, newsrooms are stuck in 1972 and aspiring journalists dream of being the next Woodward and Bernstein. Blame it on Hollywood.

]]> By: Kevin Anderson http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2530 Kevin Anderson Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:19:38 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2530 Yes Mike, I've seen a few posts on your blog about the dismissiveness of hacks when it comes to technology. I've seen it myself. Why do you think that is? k Yes Mike,

I’ve seen a few posts on your blog about the dismissiveness of hacks when it comes to technology. I’ve seen it myself. Why do you think that is?

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]]> By: Mike http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2529 Mike Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:03:10 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/03/30/if-you-want-engagement-be-ready-to-engage#comment-2529 Kevin, It doesn't surprise me that media hacks misunderstand the modern meaning of 'to hack'. It is a mixture of ignorance, laziness and snobbishness about anything that is perceived as technical or pertaining to technology. It is an attitude you'll find in most, if not all newsrooms. Kevin,
It doesn’t surprise me that media hacks misunderstand the modern meaning of ‘to hack’. It is a mixture of ignorance, laziness and snobbishness about anything that is perceived as technical or pertaining to technology. It is an attitude you’ll find in most, if not all newsrooms.

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