Should we change how we report news? If so, how and why? Will we have control to what we report? Should we discard professional news company and use an existing tools such as Twitter and Facebook? If so, who will be responsible for it’s authenticity and it’s content?
If we were to accept the fact that we could use Twitter as an example, to be used as a tool to report what we find, what we see, and our opinion directly, live, then who will moderate the news?
One example; what happened in Iran was compelling, instant and interactive because the news was happening so fast that it also got confusing fast because people were posting their location incorrectly, there was chaos. Users were asking to change their location because the location that was posted was incorrect in order to confuse government officials in Iran. When people ask Twitter what’s going on, Twitter can’t answer that question. Because information can travel fast, they may still be correct because the community will collaborate on the content. But in the case where location was accidentally or deliberately posted, that created confusion. Professional news media will be the one who steps in, and answer the questions those who can’t answer.
We should still use our existing tool, available tools on the web, such as Twitter or Facebook and go a little further. I’ve seen companies out there who spends a lot of money creating content management system (CMS) for their reporters to upload their content while they could just use what’s out there. Let’s use Twitter as an example; which you can post information privately, and the followers must be approved to be able to follow you. So what you write can be distributed by those who you have approved to follow you.
Another tools emerging is Google Wave; an all in one social news online. Collaborate news in Google Wave. It’s still early in inception, but it looks promising.
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Eberhard, twitter @powercx, likes to write as a hobby, and he loves the media. Likes to play with gadget toys, plays with any cool Software for smartphone, PC or Mac and writes his own review. His review is unbiased and not sponsored. Even though Powercx.com has been around since '96, he didn't start blogging till '98. His Tech experience is with Cisco Systems and Wells Fargo as an avid backend web developer with JSP, PHP, ASP, CSS, and Javascript as well as a part time Web Designer on the side does not end there.
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