The Death of Journalism? (or journalism in the era of open) | eaves.ca - 0 views
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are we seeing the death of Journalism? I for one, hope so, as it will mean a more profound change may be upon us.
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What if it is the underlying structure and values of not just the news institutions but also the entities they normally cover that are eroding? What if the value of objectivity and the faith in any opaque structures are dying?
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Such a transformation, a reshaping of credibility from objectivity to transparency, would have profound implications for every organization – corporate, non-profit and governmental – in our society.
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Those who share information and invite criticism and analysis may be better positioned to survive crises and challenges than those who don’t.
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in a transparent landscape where huge amounts of information about most organizations is being generated and shared the critical role of the journalist will be that of mystery solving – figuring out how to analyze, synthesize and discover the mystery within the vast quantity of information.
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this is precisely what many blogs – alone or as part of an emergent network – already do. They take large complex stories, break them down and, by linking back and forth to one another, create a collective analysis that slowly allows the mystery to be decoded.