Warning: shameless self-promotion ahead. Please help my SXSW Panel get voted into SXSW 2010! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3405
Austin Post’s Proposed SXSW Interactive Panel – Newspaper v. Oldspaper: Redefining The Local News
If people can write it, shoot it, video it, twitter it, and post it, does that make it news? Real-time news by, of, and for the people is redefining journalism. What do new newspapers look like, how do they work, and can they be trusted?
We propose to answer (or at least discuss) the following questions:
- How do we define news?
- How do you establish credibility?
- How can twitter be a news source?
- What happens to the role of a traditional reporter?
- How are articles edited and fact-checked?
- How does the notion of real-time news change journalism?
- What will happen to “old,” established newspapers?
- What is Austin Post’s revenue model?
- Is this hyperlocal crowd-sourcing contributing to the dumbing-down of America?
- Is Austin Post the harbinger of evil?
I’d appreciate your help in getting our panel into 2010 SXSW Interactive. Again, you can vote for it here: