tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:09:10 +0000doctorknowledgetrustdemocracyPurdumpublic investigationpoliticspost-moderneditorial standardsRosenopen sourceMayhill Fowlerunderstandingfundraisingpro-bloggersepistemologytruthnewspapersgrassrootsde-centralizationpost-modernismtransparencycitizen journalismgodeldistributed publicationnicheGillmorcrowdsourcinghealthClintonblogspatientsciencemedicinecustomizationThoughts and ruminations on how internet technology is changing journalismhttp://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)Blogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-7560743837827494976Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:34:00 +00002008-12-11T03:42:35.470-05:00post-modernunderstandinggodelpost-modernismknowledgeepistemologytruthI'm in the middle of writing an academic paper that touches on the very nature of truth as it pertains to journalism.I think it is pretty widely accepted that journalists are in the business of finding and communicating truth. The same is true of scientists and to some extent, detectives.All three professions have their own process for uncovering truth, and then for communicating it. The questionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/y0aKZEJH3JQ/journalist-seeks-definition-of-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=y0aKZEJH3JQ:ZKnKhLKimzE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/y0aKZEJH3JQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/12/journalist-seeks-definition-of-truth.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-1467804118555986966Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:25:00 +00002008-08-08T21:00:23.480-04:00crowdsourcingMayhill Fowlerpublic investigationcitizen journalismtransparencyIn his post How can we get people to "Geek Out" about journalism?, David Cohn over at PBS' MediaShift Idea Lab reflects on the fact that journalism has an image problem in North America.I respond in the comments that we need to stop saying "Pay me to be a journalist" and start saying "Pay me to find the answers." But I can't help but wonder if we need to go further, and unpack the tasks of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/QOXtNjBYCDU/unpacking-journalist-or-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=QOXtNjBYCDU:rGB5Uhivsfk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/QOXtNjBYCDU" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/08/unpacking-journalist-or-public.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-6183623197500659049Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:20:00 +00002008-07-25T18:38:47.945-04:00trustnewspaperscrowdsourcingtruthI often get the impression that readers are quite frustrated with the accuracy a newspaper is able to provide. Part of that is the fault of marketing, which says, "You should choose us because we're the trustworthy ones who will get it Right." Part of that is because a lot of readers are naive, and believe that news writers are actually without bias or personal opinions. Somehow, the idea that wehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/qRYMQxXNVfg/great-expectations-of-accuracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=qRYMQxXNVfg:xY8PJiFwX80:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/qRYMQxXNVfg" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-expectations-of-accuracy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-5656142304397395751Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:11:00 +00002008-07-24T02:37:10.258-04:00crowdsourcingde-centralizationdistributed publicationeditorial standardsSo, back to the distributed publishing question I began to explore in the post Following the Story.In that post, I explored how crowdsourcing could theoretically provide editorial direction, brainstorming, checks and balances on bias and ethics, an extra eye for catching holes in the story, and even, to some extent, some initial fact checking.The one thing that I couldn't solve with crowdsourcinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/MZwUxTkONJY/distributed-editing-share-ratios-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=MZwUxTkONJY:2ik7IrIHqmI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/MZwUxTkONJY" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/distributed-editing-share-ratios-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-2144442599990167908Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:55:00 +00002008-07-23T21:40:38.420-04:00open sourcecrowdsourcingdoctorpatienthealthsciencemedicineA recent post by Dan Schultz on PBS' MediaShift Idea Lab blog discusses the pros and cons of comments. Schultz mostly sticks to practical tips on how to beef up the comments on your publication, but a belief in the benefits of crowdsourcing seem to underly his advice.It seems everyone is talking about crowdsourcing in terms of politics and in terms of going hyperlocal. Power to the people via thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/2yAurx7M3k4/open-source-medicine-and-doctor-patient.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=2yAurx7M3k4:IYeR4S3k1sM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/2yAurx7M3k4" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/open-source-medicine-and-doctor-patient.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-3898596435533368958Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:25:00 +00002008-07-19T03:43:28.875-04:00PurdumClintonblogsMayhill Fowlercitizen journalismRosendemocracyAs I expand my reading list (yes, there will soon be a blogroll), I've been catching up on old posts. One of the blogs I've been reading is PressThink, home to Jay Rosen's incisive (albeit often lengthy) commentary on modern media.After citizen journalist Mayhill Fowler's run-in with Bill Clinton on June 2, Rosen published an extremely thorough round-up of media reactions to what is now dubbed "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/mPmk2OBebxg/honesty-double-standard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=mPmk2OBebxg:wMkw92tlQow:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/mPmk2OBebxg" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/honesty-double-standard.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-8623770011903271206Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:15:00 +00002008-07-17T21:44:08.554-04:00crowdsourcingThe Open Source movement is all about harnessing the power of many, or crowdsourcing. A company called ChaCha is crowdsourcing in a way I never would have thought of: a human-powered search engine.Just call them up from a mobile phone, or text ChaCha (242242) with your question, and they'll get back to you with an answer within three minutes. The answers are found by human "Guides" who must pass http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/n52U91QFEtg/cha-cha-human-search-engine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=n52U91QFEtg:eYERAdCsweI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/n52U91QFEtg" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/cha-cha-human-search-engine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-6466207688674219478Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:29:00 +00002008-07-17T18:00:48.091-04:00nichegrassrootsfundraisingpoliticsdemocracyThe Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksman points us towards Sean Tevis, an information architect from Kansas who is running for State Representative.Tevis is one of a growing handful of politicians who have attempted to harness the internet to reach all the way down to the grassroots for support and funding. Some have been more successful than others, and some have been more well known than others. Here http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/efktO-AqXFM/creative-niche-market-campaigning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=efktO-AqXFM:g02QRixpb84:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/efktO-AqXFM" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/creative-niche-market-campaigning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-4016389686761247187Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:43:00 +00002008-07-17T16:34:11.897-04:00customizationde-centralizationdistributed publicationAs I read Gillmor's account of Korean phenomenon OhmyNews and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism's online projects, I continued to mull over how news stories could be edited without having a full-time editing staff.Sure, the simple solution would be a repeat of the top-down model we're so familiar with - editors assigned to stories could be entitled to a percentage of any http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/R-u5eufPNWg/following-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=R-u5eufPNWg:Vv9Wae0aL8E:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/R-u5eufPNWg" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/following-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451635930612483505.post-7952604138038017548Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:04:00 +00002008-07-16T21:06:27.536-04:00pro-bloggersopen sourceblogsgrassrootsde-centralizationdistributed publicationGillmoreditorial standardsdemocracyI've been mulling over the question of maintaining editorial standards in a network of professional blogs. I'm imagining an online publication readers feel they can trust that consists of a network of freelance blogs. Yet, I want to have as little management as possible. A system that runs itself without oversight would be ideal, but is it possible?Right now I'm reading We the Media by Dan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~3/E-EbIgtqONQ/editorial-standards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miriam Boon)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?i=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?a=E-EbIgtqONQ:CRxFc0QwvGw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheOpenSourcePress?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheOpenSourcePress/~4/E-EbIgtqONQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://opensourcepress.blogspot.com/2008/07/editorial-standards.html