Comments on: Berkman welcomes Dan Gillmor http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » Social software, serendipity and salad bars. (Mmm. Sybillance…) http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-713216 …My heart’s in Accra » Social software, serendipity and salad bars. (Mmm. Sybillance…) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-713216 [...] While Torkington takes a swing at the New York Times in framing homophily, newspapers like the Times have a terrific mechanism to encourage serendipity. In many major newspapers, the lower right-hand side of the front page is reserved for a story that readers would otherwise likely miss. (Friday’s paper is a good example. On a day where leading stories were about steroids in baseball, Al Qaeda and the US presidential race, the serendipity box featured a fascinating story about a Liberian mother in Staten Island sending her son back to Liberia rather than lose him to gang violence in the US.) These stories aren’t selected by algorithms - they’re chosen by editors who want to feature content in the paper that might otherwise be ignored, which frequently includes stories on topics other than Iraq, US elections or terror. Dan Gillmor describes this feature as “institutionalized serendipity“. [...] [...] While Torkington takes a swing at the New York Times in framing homophily, newspapers like the Times have a terrific mechanism to encourage serendipity. In many major newspapers, the lower right-hand side of the front page is reserved for a story that readers would otherwise likely miss. (Friday’s paper is a good example. On a day where leading stories were about steroids in baseball, Al Qaeda and the US presidential race, the serendipity box featured a fascinating story about a Liberian mother in Staten Island sending her son back to Liberia rather than lose him to gang violence in the US.) These stories aren’t selected by algorithms – they’re chosen by editors who want to feature content in the paper that might otherwise be ignored, which frequently includes stories on topics other than Iraq, US elections or terror. Dan Gillmor describes this feature as “institutionalized serendipity“. [...]

]]> By: Media SITREP » Old Media Days Weren’t All That http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-7279 Media SITREP » Old Media Days Weren’t All That Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:51:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-7279 [...] Amazingly, Frank, who died at 85, was writing a column for TV Week until December. In his last column, he addressed blogs’ assault on the sacred temple of TV news. The challenge he issues– the Cass Sunsteian Republic.com argument– brings to mind the “Reinstitutionalize Serendipity” notion that Dan Gillmor raised– and Ethan Zuckerman embraced– last month. There are those who proclaim that this is the age of the blog, that the blog is the news of tomorrow, that the revolutions in communication have put in the consumer’s hand all the tools to be his own reporter, editor and publisher, that news as we knew it is dead, forgotten, history, toast. [...] [...] Amazingly, Frank, who died at 85, was writing a column for TV Week until December. In his last column, he addressed blogs’ assault on the sacred temple of TV news. The challenge he issues– the Cass Sunsteian Republic.com argument– brings to mind the “Reinstitutionalize Serendipity” notion that Dan Gillmor raised– and Ethan Zuckerman embraced– last month. There are those who proclaim that this is the age of the blog, that the blog is the news of tomorrow, that the revolutions in communication have put in the consumer’s hand all the tools to be his own reporter, editor and publisher, that news as we knew it is dead, forgotten, history, toast. [...]

]]> By: Bayosphere http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6693 Bayosphere Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:49:24 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6693 <strong>Where's Dan?</strong> Here is an interesting account of Dan's first day at Berkman, I'm curious as to why we have not seen these reported thoughts echoed here. Where’s Dan?

Here is an interesting account of Dan’s first day at Berkman, I’m curious as to why we have not seen these reported thoughts echoed here.

]]> By: Media SITREP » Dan Gillmor’s Center for Citizen Media & Reinstitutionalizing Serendipity http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 Media SITREP » Dan Gillmor’s Center for Citizen Media & Reinstitutionalizing Serendipity Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:16:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6530 [...] (Ethan Zuckerman has a detailed report on the talk. Ethan paraphrases Dan: The threat to journalism is not from the bloggers, but is a business-side threat. Now that classified ads have moved to the web, and readers have gotten used to tivo’ing through ads, it’s a real problem to figure out who’ll pay for investigative journalism. Foundations will help pay for some reporting - see the Center for Public Integrity as an example of this model at work. Dan has a wonderful idea: “Reinstitutionalize Serendipity”. By this, Dan’s referring to the story in the lower right hand side of the page - the story about something you’ve never heard of but end up reading because some editor thought you should know about it. “I had no idea I cared about most of the things I read on BoingBoing - and I don’t care about many of the things I read…” but the fact that you discover issued you’d never expected to explore shows serendipity at work. [...] [...] (Ethan Zuckerman has a detailed report on the talk. Ethan paraphrases Dan: The threat to journalism is not from the bloggers, but is a business-side threat. Now that classified ads have moved to the web, and readers have gotten used to tivo’ing through ads, it’s a real problem to figure out who’ll pay for investigative journalism. Foundations will help pay for some reporting – see the Center for Public Integrity as an example of this model at work. Dan has a wonderful idea: “Reinstitutionalize Serendipity”. By this, Dan’s referring to the story in the lower right hand side of the page – the story about something you’ve never heard of but end up reading because some editor thought you should know about it. “I had no idea I cared about most of the things I read on BoingBoing – and I don’t care about many of the things I read…” but the fact that you discover issued you’d never expected to explore shows serendipity at work. [...]

]]> By: Black River Eagle http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6506 Black River Eagle Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:39:30 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6506 Great summary Ethan on Dan's first day. Looks as if Gillmor may be a real asset to several international bloggers and citizen journalists who follow Global Voices Online and The Berkman Center closely. It will be interesting to see how well Dan's ideas and theories work for an entire planet vs. what he has been able to accomplish for citizen journalism in the San Francisco Bay area and across the U.S.A. Great summary Ethan on Dan’s first day. Looks as if Gillmor may be a real asset to several international bloggers and citizen journalists who follow Global Voices Online and The Berkman Center closely. It will be interesting to see how well Dan’s ideas and theories work for an entire planet vs. what he has been able to accomplish for citizen journalism in the San Francisco Bay area and across the U.S.A.

]]> By: Tuesday’s Berkman Talk is Online | Center for Citizen Media: Blog http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6503 Tuesday’s Berkman Talk is Online | Center for Citizen Media: Blog Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:19:49 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6503 [...] If you have the time and the inclination, our lunch-time discussion about citizen media at the Berkman Center is here (MP3 file). Ethan Zuckerman blogged it comprehensively and was unfazed by my tossing one of the questions to him (he knew much more about the topic). David Weinberger, who also has copious notes, decided that we’re heading toward the “end of coverage” (I disagree; but that’s for another time). In all, a terrific discussion… Filed under Center for Citizen Media by Dan Gillmor. Permalink • Print • Email [...] [...] If you have the time and the inclination, our lunch-time discussion about citizen media at the Berkman Center is here (MP3 file). Ethan Zuckerman blogged it comprehensively and was unfazed by my tossing one of the questions to him (he knew much more about the topic). David Weinberger, who also has copious notes, decided that we’re heading toward the “end of coverage” (I disagree; but that’s for another time). In all, a terrific discussion… Filed under Center for Citizen Media by Dan Gillmor. Permalink • Print • Email [...]

]]> By: Colin Rhinesmith » Citizen Media and The Threat to PEG Access http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6488 Colin Rhinesmith » Citizen Media and The Threat to PEG Access Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:39:23 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6488 [...] Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices has a terrific summary of Dan’s talk on his blog, which you can also listen to live here. One of the great things about working at the Berkman Center is being able to get in on these great conversations with leading thinkers like Dan Gillmor, while using my background in audio production to engineer (webcast) and record these events. [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices has a terrific summary of Dan’s talk on his blog, which you can also listen to live here. One of the great things about working at the Berkman Center is being able to get in on these great conversations with leading thinkers like Dan Gillmor, while using my background in audio production to engineer (webcast) and record these events. [...]

]]> By: Colin Rhinesmith http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6487 Colin Rhinesmith Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:43:14 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6487 Thanks for the post Ethan! It was fun to be there today. For those who missed the talk, the audio's up at the Berkman site here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/uploads/439/902/dan_gillmor_010117.mp3 Thanks for the post Ethan! It was fun to be there today. For those who missed the talk, the audio’s up at the Berkman site here:

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/uploads/439/902/dan_gillmor_010117.mp3

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Happy Birthday, Ben! http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6485 …My heart’s in Accra » Happy Birthday, Ben! Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:17:52 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6485 [...] Armed with a video camera and a mic emblasoned with the logo of video blog Rocketboom, Steve Garfield followed Bricklin through a demo, contextualizing the significance of a wiki spreadsheet for his video podcast audience. I realized that I was watching Garfield help invent citizen video journalism while Bricklin invents wiki spreadsheets. Following on the heels of a Dan Gillmor talk about the future of citizen journalism, a meeting with World Bank executives about low-cost computers for the developing world and a chance encounter with one of the figures behind world music advocates Calabash Music, and it’s easy to believe that Ben’s inventiveness is alive and well, though perhaps a bit more diffuse than in ages past. [...] [...] Armed with a video camera and a mic emblasoned with the logo of video blog Rocketboom, Steve Garfield followed Bricklin through a demo, contextualizing the significance of a wiki spreadsheet for his video podcast audience. I realized that I was watching Garfield help invent citizen video journalism while Bricklin invents wiki spreadsheets. Following on the heels of a Dan Gillmor talk about the future of citizen journalism, a meeting with World Bank executives about low-cost computers for the developing world and a chance encounter with one of the figures behind world music advocates Calabash Music, and it’s easy to believe that Ben’s inventiveness is alive and well, though perhaps a bit more diffuse than in ages past. [...]

]]> By: Westervelt Blog » Blog Archive » Center to Improve Media Literacy http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/17/berkman-welcomes-dan-gillmor/comment-page-1/#comment-6484 Westervelt Blog » Blog Archive » Center to Improve Media Literacy Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:51:55 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=334#comment-6484 [...] I wish I could have seen the presentation, but I had trouble with the Web feed. Zuckerman explains that Gillmor addressed key issues facing bloggers including establishing credibility, building a sense of trust and the tools needed to establish trust and credibility with readers. [...] [...] I wish I could have seen the presentation, but I had trouble with the Web feed. Zuckerman explains that Gillmor addressed key issues facing bloggers including establishing credibility, building a sense of trust and the tools needed to establish trust and credibility with readers. [...]

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