Dan Gillmor
The mainstream media did a horrible job reporting on the campaign, Dan says. But there were some good things going on around the edges. Journalism was evolving into a conversation — and that means governments have to move much more towards listening and talking.
And journalists were being watched by the web — witness Dan Rather. Nevertheless, mainstream media still called bloggers those people in pajamas.
But bloggers/citizen media having a big effect, and will continue to. Let's use wikis to watch candidate statements. Let's watch governments more closely. Let's shadow them.
Great job by Dan, who has announced that he is leaving the San Jose Mercury News to have his own citizen journalism effort.
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