So what is it all about? Starting with the sentence “The internet is different???, the 17 declarations might not be hot news, but they tie together some of more innovative positions about journalism in the age of the Net.
The authors believe that the Internet improves journalism if the media adapt their working methods to today’s technological reality, “instead of ignoring or challenging it???.
(The Guardian)
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Fifteen German journalists and bloggers have created a media sensation by publishing an Internet Manifesto covering all facets of online journalism and how the use of the Internet changes the practice of journalism.
As soon as it came out, it became a huge hit and has been avidly discussed all over the Internet. So much so, their server at Internet-Manifesto.org has been overloaded.
It’s something worth thinking about. We won’t all be working only for print. Here are the main points.
It is not the ‘know-it-all’ journalists who are in demand, but those who communicate and investigate.
To continue reading …
http://uppercaise.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/the-internet-manifesto/
Uppercaise is the pseudonym of a senior journalist in mainstream media who blogs at ‘Malaysian Media Matters’.
Updated Sept 13, 13:40
The above article was aggregated by Uppercaise.