[IP] HERE COMES 'WE MEDIA'

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

HERE COMES 'WE MEDIA'

Tech-Savvy                  Readers Want In on the Conversation

BY                  DAN GILLMOR


In 1999, Jane¹s Intelligence followed in national security circles,
wondered whether it was on the right track with an article about
computer security and cyberterrorism. The editors went straight
to some experts ? the denizens of Slashdot, a tech-oriented
Web site ? and published a draft. In hundreds of postings
on the site¹s message system, the technically adept members
of that community promptly tore apart the draft and gave, often
in colorful language, a variety of perspectives and suggestions.
Jane¹s went back to the drawing board, and rewrote the article
from scratch. The community had helped create something, and Jane¹s
gratefully noted the contribution in the article it ultimately
published. 

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http://www.cjr.org/year/03/1/gillmor.asp

Very good reading djf

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