| January 31, 2005 | Here's to the New Media Hobos |
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Today I met Elizabeth Osder who is a Yahoo! (Overture) compatriot attending the Poynter seminar. She presented on the topic of "Key Issues Facing the Future of Online Journalism." Some of things she said that really stuck with me include Elizabeth's quote: "I'm not sure what the difference is between a great marketing person and a great editor," and also her description of herself: "I tend to consider myself as a new media hobo." I hadn't heard the phrase "new media hobo" before, but it adequately seemed to summarize my own career too. Dan Gillmor (author of 'We The Media') introduced himself by saying "I've just jumped off a cliff and I'm hoping to assemble a hanglider before I hit." Dan presented on a vision of future content and showed us the hysterical short clip of Bush and Tony Blair singing "Endless Love" to each other. Dan posited that "Mash-up/Remix culture is what we are doing." He also said that he was wary of asking/answering the question 'Are blogs journalism?' Dan also pointed out that the web of 2005 is a read-write medium, whereas the web of 1995 was mostly a read-only medium. We also received our assignments for the manifesto teams, and I was thrilled to find out that I was on my number one choice -- the Content team. The other five folks in the group include Theresa Moore (executive producer of web content for WTSP-TV Tampa Bay's 10), Tom Regan (associate editor of The Christian Science Monitor, Kevin Anderson (reporter for the BBC), Ron James (managing online editor, SignOnSanDiego.com), and Elaine Zinngrabe (assistant general manager and exectuve producer of the Los Angeles Times). posted by Jess Barron @ 10:31 PM 
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