Comments on: Manifesto for the future http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/ by Jeff Jarvis Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jim Wilson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-22103 Jim Wilson Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:04:10 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-22103 Jeff's comments don't just apply to the big, "lumbering" news companies, but all the way down to the local weeklies that depend so heavily on real estate and other advertising for their survival. I follow a number of small papers around the country (where friends and relatives live), and find very few with any imagination at all -- if they're even on the web in the first place. One aspect common to almost all of them -- no surprise -- is that feedback is strictly controlled. As with the traditional letters to the editor, staff members feel they must filter the feedback. Their loss. Jeff’s comments don’t just apply to the big, “lumbering” news companies, but all the way down to the local weeklies that depend so heavily on real estate and other advertising for their survival. I follow a number of small papers around the country (where friends and relatives live), and find very few with any imagination at all — if they’re even on the web in the first place.

One aspect common to almost all of them — no surprise — is that feedback is strictly controlled. As with the traditional letters to the editor, staff members feel they must filter the feedback. Their loss.

]]> By: Billy The Blogging Poet http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-22010 Billy The Blogging Poet Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-22010 John Robinson has been a great asset to <a HREF="http://blog.meetup.com/79" rel="nofollow"><b>Blogsboro</b></a> but his smartest move was when he teamed up with the local Blogosphere instead of trying to control it. Unlike other MSM outlets who have attempted to monopolize the local bloggers, John, Lex, Herb, Allen, and the rest of the N&R staff saw us not as a threat or a new territory to control, but as an asset that could only thrive if left in the sun. While at the recent <a HREF="http://www.convergesouth.com" rel="nofollow"><b>ConvergeSouth</b></a> gathering I got the chance to express to bloggers and journalists from around the world what the N&R's entry into the Blogosphere had done for them. I told those attending a session led by Jay Rosen and Lex Alexander that (I'm paraphrasing) the News & Record was no longer just a big brick building downtown, shrowded in secrecy, but was now in-fact a place filled with people who are not unlike you me, and everyone else. That's reason enough for any newspaper to follow John's lead and this post is the reason you're in the news at <a HREF="http://www.blogsboro.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Blogsboro.com.</b></a> John Robinson has been a great asset to Blogsboro but his smartest move was when he teamed up with the local Blogosphere instead of trying to control it. Unlike other MSM outlets who have attempted to monopolize the local bloggers, John, Lex, Herb, Allen, and the rest of the N&R staff saw us not as a threat or a new territory to control, but as an asset that could only thrive if left in the sun.

While at the recent ConvergeSouth gathering I got the chance to express to bloggers and journalists from around the world what the N&R’s entry into the Blogosphere had done for them. I told those attending a session led by Jay Rosen and Lex Alexander that (I’m paraphrasing) the News & Record was no longer just a big brick building downtown, shrowded in secrecy, but was now in-fact a place filled with people who are not unlike you me, and everyone else.

That’s reason enough for any newspaper to follow John’s lead and this post is the reason you’re in the news at Blogsboro.com.

]]> By: John Robinson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21998 John Robinson Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:10:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21998 Thanks for the mention. You're a big influence. And Lex should speak for himself. Thanks for the mention. You’re a big influence. And Lex should speak for himself.

]]> By: corky http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21991 corky Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:15:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21991 Who needs papers no more anyways! I got fox news! Fox news is great! Fox news makes me fell warm and fuzzy! They put them librels in thier place! Wow if Jesus came back with a flame thrower he d burn up all them hippy librels he would. I hate them leftys. Who needs papers no more anyways! I got fox news! Fox news is great! Fox news makes me fell warm and fuzzy! They put them librels in thier place! Wow if Jesus came back with a flame thrower he d burn up all them hippy librels he would. I hate them leftys.

]]> By: corky http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21988 corky Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:11:31 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21988 Them hippies deserve death! Lefty librels! Hate them all! Them hippies deserve death! Lefty librels! Hate them all!

]]> By: corky http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21987 corky Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:10:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21987 I love Emperor Bush! I will blindly follow his greatness of the edge of the Earth! I hate all those moonbat lefty peace hippies! I hate them soooo much!I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate ... I love Emperor Bush! I will blindly follow his greatness of the edge of the Earth! I hate all those moonbat lefty peace hippies! I hate them soooo much!I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate …

]]> By: CaptiousNut http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21959 CaptiousNut Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:45:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21959 "intensely local" and full of "blogs" and "forums"? Sounds like it could be run by one guy in his pajamas with user-generated content. The revenue just isn't there to support large staffs “intensely local” and full of “blogs” and “forums”?

Sounds like it could be run by one guy in his pajamas with user-generated content.

The revenue just isn’t there to support large staffs

]]> By: Sue http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21895 Sue Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:23:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21895 Lex would simply be at the front of the line. It would be a long line. We're grateful to have JR's leadership in our 'boro. Lex would simply be at the front of the line. It would be a long line. We’re grateful to have JR’s leadership in our ‘boro.

]]> By: Gaius Arbo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21889 Gaius Arbo Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:29:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21889 Wow- Watch out for this guy. He gets it. He's got the ability to actually save some credibility for the MSM. And this is why I read blogs. Thanks, Mr. Jarvis. Wow- Watch out for this guy. He gets it. He’s got the ability to actually save some credibility for the MSM.

And this is why I read blogs. Thanks, Mr. Jarvis.

]]> By: Lex http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21884 Lex Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:38:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/01/manifesto-for-the-future/#comment-21884 If you're a publisher: Good luck with that, inasmuch as his roots, and his wife's family business, are here. Also, I would have to hurt you. :-) If you’re a publisher: Good luck with that, inasmuch as his roots, and his wife’s family business, are here. Also, I would have to hurt you. :-)

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