I was sent this article at work and also picked up on it again through Twitter, it’s on Pentagram’s blog. In my opinion one of the points made is wrong because it confuses what audiences want and expect from different types of publications.
The point I have a problem with is below.
The end of frequency
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The web breaks down the barriers put up by location and time to allow discussion and debate anywhere at any time.
Disqus is an interesting system because it also removes the barriers put up by different websites and allows commenting on a central hub. It provides users with a very flexible platform on which they can [...]
With Janis Krums having tweeted the first picture of the Hudson crash using his iPhone yesterday the opportunity that citizen journalism offers publishers is clear for everybody to see!
This is surely going to be one of the landmark tweets. It was sent from on board the first rescue ferry to come to the aid of [...]
Blogs and articles on the web can be very compelling and engaging pieces of work but sometimes they don’t take advantage of the opportunities the web offers to put ideas and arguments in context.
Depending on the subject matter being discussed you might want to include maps, videos, Wikipedia entries, mp3 files or images; in order [...]
The BBC have a nice piece of citizen journalism up today which covers the Harrier crash in the midlands. The Story contains a video as it’s lead which has been submitted by a witness on the scene.
The actual piece of journalism itself is not by the citizen but an BBC journalist. The article as a [...]
