Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Note by Mr. John Breyault:
Jeff Jarvis asking re: how do you draw the line between blogger and journalistic ethics?
Jarvis wants to know what tools changed the election this year
Sarah Stirland cites MyBarackObama and e-mail as the helpful tools
Ana Marie Cox cites her use of Twitter - says that b/c she is an employee of Time Warner, her blog postings must be vetted. Twitter and IM do not require vetting.
Panelists agree that IM is becoming more impotant - executive staff at campaigns are IMing each other
Q: When companies not on Web 2.0 lag behind bloggers - How far behind the bloggers is the MSM?
A Vargas: Some are going a better job than others. Cites Politico, WaPo, NYT as orgs that get it.
A Cox: There are things that the MSM misses that the blogosphere keeps alive
Cox: This election hasn't had a "macaca" moment yet.
Discussion of YouTube - YouTube has allowed candidates to choose their sound bites and make their sound bites longer
-Q&A-
Q: Media Matters for America New Media Director - How does what happens online affect what you're writing in the MSM?
A Cox: I underestimated how much MSM colleagues care what the commoners think about them - notes Joe Klein having to respond to what the commenters were saying that
Jose Vargas notes that online tech allows outreach much faster
Jarvis wants to know what tools changed the election this year
Sarah Stirland cites MyBarackObama and e-mail as the helpful tools
Ana Marie Cox cites her use of Twitter - says that b/c she is an employee of Time Warner, her blog postings must be vetted. Twitter and IM do not require vetting.
Panelists agree that IM is becoming more impotant - executive staff at campaigns are IMing each other
Q: When companies not on Web 2.0 lag behind bloggers - How far behind the bloggers is the MSM?
A Vargas: Some are going a better job than others. Cites Politico, WaPo, NYT as orgs that get it.
A Cox: There are things that the MSM misses that the blogosphere keeps alive
Cox: This election hasn't had a "macaca" moment yet.
Discussion of YouTube - YouTube has allowed candidates to choose their sound bites and make their sound bites longer
-Q&A-
Q: Media Matters for America New Media Director - How does what happens online affect what you're writing in the MSM?
A Cox: I underestimated how much MSM colleagues care what the commoners think about them - notes Joe Klein having to respond to what the commenters were saying that
Jose Vargas notes that online tech allows outreach much faster
