Journalism 3.0? Have we already come that far?
Follow-up to my last post …
At the ONA conference, several people asked me if the new book would be called “Journalism 3.0″?
I’m not sure.
I think it depends on whether people think the work being done today that I will highlight in the book is substantially new and better than the work highlighted in the first version.
I know we’ve already gone farther than Journalism 2.1. But a full 3.0 upgrade?
Say what you will about Microsoft’s all-too-frequent software updates, but imagine for a moment having such a system for journalism. One morning you log on and automatically receive knowledge and a platform for microblogging. The next morning it’s comment moderation.
But, alas, journalism is not software. It’s people. So instead of “bugs” we have “habits.”
Is it time to download a new version yet?
