JD Lascia hat eine interessante Serie zum Thema "Participatory Journalism" bei online Journalism Review publiziert.

Over the past few years, the outlines of a new form of journalism have begun to emerge. Call it participatory journalism or one of its kindred names -- open-source journalism, personal media, grassroots reporting -- but everyone from individuals to online newspapers has begun to take notice.

"It's about readers participating in the editorial process, and it's long overdue," says Dan Gillmor, a blogger and technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, who is writing a book on the subject called "Making the News." "People at the edges of the network are getting a chance to become more involved in traditional journalism by using many of the same tools of the trade. This is tomorrow's journalism, with professionals and gifted amateurs as partners." (...)

"It's difficult to figure out where all this is going to wind up," Gillmor says. "Journalism from the edges is taking us to a new place. The only thing certain is that we'll never return to the days when people are treated as passive vessels for content delivered by big media through one-way pipes -- no matter how disruptive these changes may be for traditional media.

Hier gibt's die Serie zum Nachlesen:

* Personal Broadcasting Opens Yet Another Front for Journalists
* Participatory Journalism Puts the Reader in the Driver's Seat
* What is Participatory Journalism?

[Via JD's New Media Musings]