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<h3>What was journalism? What might it become? What are its values and functions in a participatory democracy?  We plan to make signs out of these slogans and put them around theFred W. Smith Forum. The purpose is to remind us that they're entering a new medium,
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<h3>What is journalism in the new medium of the Web? What are its values and functions in a participatory democracy?  We plan to make signs out of these slogans and put them around the Fred W. Smith Forum. The purpose is to remind us that we're entering a new medium, and to help us focus on journalism in the new medium.
and to help us focus on journalism in the new medium.
 
  
 
Here's what we've come up with so far. Use the wiki function to add your suggestions: </H3>
 
Here's what we've come up with so far. Use the wiki function to add your suggestions: </H3>
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*Journalists serve their community.
 
*Journalists serve their community.
 
*New roles, new rules.
 
*New roles, new rules.
*Journalism is a lifestyle.
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*Journalism ... to be continued.
*Journalism is participatory.
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*Journalism is context.
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==Journalism is . . . ==
*Journalism is solution-oriented.
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*a lifestyle.
*Journalism is immediate and continuous.
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*participatory.
*Journalism is personal.
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*contextual.
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*solution-oriented.
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*immediate and continuous.
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*personal.
  
 
==Journalism is . . . ==  
 
==Journalism is . . . ==  
  
*a conversation
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*a conversation.
*the stories of our time
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*the stories of our time.
*community glue
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*community glue.
*verified gossip
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*verified gossip.
*democracy's mouthpiece
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*democracy's mouthpiece.
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*Journalism and Advertising Share Purpose.
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*The New Model is Empty Space, Open Space, Outer Space, Limitless Space.
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*Gravity: It's Not Just for Physicists Anymore.
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*The Internet has Always Existed.
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*News is a Network, not an Unfortunate Series of Events.
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*There is no News Cycle.
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*The New News Cycle is ∞.
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*Journalists Shape Community and the Community is News.
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*The road goes on forever, and the story never ends.(Robert Earle Keene Jr.
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Revision as of 21:44, 6 January 2009

What is journalism in the new medium of the Web? What are its values and functions in a participatory democracy? We plan to make signs out of these slogans and put them around the Fred W. Smith Forum. The purpose is to remind us that we're entering a new medium, and to help us focus on journalism in the new medium. Here's what we've come up with so far. Use the wiki function to add your suggestions:

Self-contained statements

  • How does the story want to tell itself?
  • Stories never end.
  • Advertising IS news.
  • Content is context.
  • Journalists serve their community.
  • New roles, new rules.
  • Journalism ... to be continued.

Journalism is . . .

  • a lifestyle.
  • participatory.
  • contextual.
  • solution-oriented.
  • immediate and continuous.
  • personal.

Journalism is . . .

  • a conversation.
  • the stories of our time.
  • community glue.
  • verified gossip.
  • democracy's mouthpiece.
  • Journalism and Advertising Share Purpose.
  • The New Model is Empty Space, Open Space, Outer Space, Limitless Space.
  • Gravity: It's Not Just for Physicists Anymore.
  • The Internet has Always Existed.
  • News is a Network, not an Unfortunate Series of Events.
  • There is no News Cycle.
  • The New News Cycle is ∞.
  • Journalists Shape Community and the Community is News.
  • The road goes on forever, and the story never ends.(Robert Earle Keene Jr.




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