18. So what?
• Technological innovation leads to
changes in our conception of
journalism.
• “Journalism” is not a monolithic,
unchanging concept, but a fluid
response to changing social,
political, economic, and
technological conditions.
• Open source journalism is the next
step in this innovation.
19. What is “open source journalism”?
“Open-source journalism”
Salon 1999
20. What is “open source journalism”?
• Journalism that opens up its
“source code”
• Journalism that users can
remix, reuse, republish and
repurpose
21. What is “open source journalism”?
New York Times 1999
22. What is “open source journalism”?
New York Times 2013
Johann Carolus in Strasbourgin 1605.The London Gazette first published on 7 Novemberz1st page of the 1st edition: “Nov. 7 This day the Reverend Dr. Walter Blandford, Warden of WaldhamColledge in this University, was elected Lord Bishop of this See; vacant by the death of Dr. Paul, late Bishop here. Nov 11 This day His Majesty in Councel, according to the usual custom, having the Roll of Sherriffs presented to him, pricked these persons following, to be Sheriffs for the succeeding years, in their respective Counties of England and Wales.”
-Charles-Louis Havas-> AgenceHavas -> AFP.-Paul Julius Reuter and Bernhard Wolff employee rivals“Insurrection in Paris” - Guardian 28 June 1848 - “A sanguinary and obstinate insurrection has outbroken in Paris in consequence of the determination of the government to clear the atollersnationaux of the immense numbers of workmen who have homes supported at the expense of the taxpayers. This revolt has at last been quashed, but the fighting continued for four days and the combatants seem to have been animated with the most obstinate fury. Torrents of blood have flowed, but the accounts are so various that it is impossible to state the number of killed and wounded.”
-First radio news: Detroit 8MK
July 1, 1980, first “online” newspaper is uploaded to the CompuServ network300 wpm $5/hr
Johannes Gutenberg Strasbourg in 1440
Morse experiment with electrical recording telegraph 1837Electric telegraph company 1846
Congress approved landmark legislation today that opens the door for a new era on Wall Street in which commercial banks, securities houses and insurers will find it easier and cheaper to enter one another's businesses.The measure, considered by many the most important banking legislation in 66 years, was approved in the Senate by a vote of 90 to 8 and in the House tonight by 362 to 57. The bill will now be sent to the president, who is expected to sign it, aides said. It would become one of the most significant achievements this year by the White House and the Republicans leading the 106th Congress.''Today Congress voted to update the rules that have governed financial services since the Great Depression and replace them with a system for the 21st century,'' Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers said. ''This historic legislation will better enable American companies to compete in the new economy.''The decision to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 provoked dire warnings from a handful of dissenters that the deregulation of Wall Street would someday wreak havoc on the nation's financial system. The original idea behind Glass-Steagall was that separation between bankers and brokers would reduce the potential conflicts of interest that were thought to have contributed to the speculative stock frenzy before the Depression.