Charles Arthur: The one rule to remember for writing the very best blog posts

Posted on 5 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Charles Arthur explains "the audience knows more than I do": "when I write the post, I know more about that particular topic than the average person ...But I don’t know more about the particular topic than some of the people reading it ..."

Strange Attractor: Is New Media a threat to press freedom?

Posted on 2 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Kevin Anderson on Andrew Keen: "pitting 'expert journalists' versus the uninformed masses is a dishonest representation of what the vast majority of journalists are: Generalists."

AEJ UK Section: WPF Day

Posted on 19 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

World Press Freedom Day at the Frontline Club. Motion: "New Media Is Killing Journalism". The speakers, according to an ad in The Journalist include: Andrew Keen, Simon Kelner, Nick Davies.

Independent: Andrew Keen on New Media

Posted on 11 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

How apt.

Washington Post: Storming the News Gatekeepers

Posted on 27 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"There really is no simple definition for what a citizen journalist is, just lots and lots of examples," says Dan Gillmor...

Kristine Lowe: Keen, Leigh and the appeal to authority

Posted on 15 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Contra Keen and David Leigh, "It's not that web culture contests authority or authoritativeness as such, rather it contests the appeal to, or argument by, authority..."

Kristine Lowe: Keen’s misguided cult of the professional

Posted on 5 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"I can't think of any other industry that harbours more latent scepticism to academia and formal training than the media."

Daily Kos: The Cult of the Professional

Posted on 31 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Blogger Markos Moulitsas points out that Andrew Keen wrongly claimed in The Cult of the Amateur that he has no "professional training". The journalism degree apparently doesn't count.

CBCnews.ca: The Future Of The Future Of News

Posted on 14 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"On Wednesday, October 17, panelists Andrew Keen (Cult of the Amateur), Leonard Brody (NowPublic.com) and Rahaf Harfoush (Wikinomics researcher) delve into the future of news."

Andrew Keen on journalism: audio highlights

Posted on 7 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

There were some very interesting exchanges in last night’s Frontline Club discussion between Web 2.0 critic Andrew Keen and BBC resident new media evangelist and director of global news Richard Sambrook. Keen brimmed with contempt for those he called the “digital utopians”. Much of his argument seems to be motivated by personal dislike for a handful [...]

Sambrook: transparency and humility essential to trust in journalists (audio)

Posted on 7 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

“Arrogance” was a major part of how the BBC “tripped up” in reporting the story that led to the Hutton inquiry, and journalists should show greater humility and transparency, the BBC’s director of global news, Richard Sambrook, has said. Sambrook made the comment last night while interviewing Web 2.0 critic and Cult of the Amateur author [...]

plasticbag.org: On Andrew Keen…

Posted on 5 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Tom Coates: "The future comes, for good or ill, whether you like it or not. The best you can do in such a situation is try and work to fix the issues you see. No market for decent commentary and opinion? Look for a business model that could support it!"

Gideon Rachman’s Blog: Wikipedia and crowd-sourcing

Posted on 1 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"I thought my experiement with soliciting ideas for my column a few weeks ago was quite successful. I think I'll drop the crowd-sourcing label since it strikes me a bit pretentious. ..."

Wordblog: If the future is "conversation" let’s start here

Posted on 27 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"There are a lot of people, confused and worried about the uncertain future of journalism who need to be a part of the discussion. Calling on Skube to retire or accusing Keen of Stalinism is not likely to make them feel there is a debate worth joining."

Martin Stabe

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