Peskin is kind of wrapping things up: “We’ve got technology here, we’ve got media, and within media we’ve got a lot of variety. Not competing, but looking at things in very different ways.” “Bringing people together…tap into the collective intellect…I think we’re getting somewhere.” “We need to carry this conversation much further…continue pushing the dialog.” […]

Several people have wished Jeff Jarvis was here. In his usual way, he’s captured some of the issues of the conference via a smart read: An excerpt from his post—and the entirety is well worth reading: “As an old friend and former colleague of mine said often, journalism is a trade, a craft — not […]

The live sessions are winding down here. Look for some summaries of the conference–high points, key points, challenges and recaps to go up in the next couple days. If YOU have thoughts to share, please post them here–your insights and comments will be valued. Give yourself the last word, huh?

DJ Spooky says… L O O P S O F P E R C E P T I O N sampling, memory, and the semantic web by Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky “free content fuels innovation” – Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas I get asked what I think about sampling a lot, and I’ve […]

I fundamentally agree with Leah that we are having a ten year old conversation. However, it isn’t as though we haven’t been doing anything in those last ten years. Many, if not all of us, have been moving forward. That’s what’s missing at this conference. We all know the issues, let’s discuss innovative approaches to […]

Actually, Chris’ characterization of copyright law isn’t quite accurate. Unless he’s planning to charge his daughter’s friends to attend the birthday party, he can read a book (or perform music, show a movie, etc) to his heart’s content. Here’s the relevant quote from US Copyright Law, title 17, section 110 “Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption […]

Rebecca MacKinnon is talking about “young reporters that are just there for a few years while they work their way up the rungs”. Vacancies in Vacaville, from the American Journalism Review, talks more about that: Barney wants this symbiotic relationship to last two years, about the average stay for young reporters and copy editors who […]

On screen now: “Insure content security with baked in Digital Rights Management.” Chris: What’s the point? Michael Silberman: I think DRM could be used to keep people from stealing, and get them to pay for content. And it could be used to facilitate the making of content. No. Not. DRM for news? Okay, your content […]

Tim Porter’s got comments on on First Draft: “No one needs an editor. Reporters don’t. Bloggers don’t. Even other editors don’t. But last night I realized why I want an editor. I was too busy yesterday to keep up with all the intellectual activity at Mediamorphosis, an API Media Center conference underway in San Diego […]

I’d like to revisit my comments from yesterday about the impact of rich media on news sites. Let’s not forget about the opportunity that multimedia gives us to reach, inspire and persuade our readers. Persuade them, that is, to be interested. Thought I’d share two new reader emails that arrived this morning. ———————- Subject: (Webmedia) […]