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[Comment From Alex Gamela]
@communities - journalists have a kind of “i know it all” attitude, that must be left behind

Communities- Alex- the group agrees, they like that fact that bloggers are a ‘human face’ that occasionally make mistakes, an attitude which journalists need to adopt.

Communities- Too much of a reaction to a blog post on a contentious issue can scare journalists off, as they are used to having the barrier of the newspaper to hide behind.

Communities- Re: crowdsourcing- manchestereveningnews.co.uk has an interactive traffic map where people can put any traffic problems on the map, using google maps, which has had a huge response. Using twitter to get information on ongoing stories, can send in questions to interviewees, this is working well. Should also be careful not to use it all the time though.

[Comment From Alex Gamela]
@ONM - but there are a lot of breaking news services that redirect people to tv or to more quicker news organizations. how can newspapers compete with that?

@ Alex, ONM - start with twitter, start with text version of News. getting reports regularly, more expansive text written story, journalist with digital camera - pictures, by 1, more stood up story with images and quotes. That story can then be taken as a basis for print publication next morning. On website draw more bloggers, flickr photos, video on youtube, all brought together. Blog comments, own blog etc. Then more in depth piece.

@ Alex - dont neccessarily need to break the news to benefit from it. If journalist is out there and have got twitter on phone, they can at least do something small there and then.

[Comment From Alex Gamela]
is the future of digital journalism a matter of technology or does it take also a whole new attitude towards the practice?

Panel Discussion- what is the future of journalism?

Changes in distribution, find new ways of distribution

Mobile, broadband technology etc just makes people use what was always there more often.

Traditional media have no strategy for utilising mobile phones

“newspapers arent dying - we’re committing suicide”

the way journalists tell stories is changing, we can get more people to tell their stories to us. people are tired of journalists being called - the voice of the people - they are merely A voice IN the field.

News Organisations simply think of ways to get UGC for free, when they really should be thinking about how to become part of a ’sharing’ relationship.

Young people with good technical skills are being put into positions where they have journalistic skills - but not the power or the experience.

“Its the same as putting kids in a car park and then expecting them to learn how to drive”

Journalists are in a BUSINESS - unless money comes in, then it cant go out. It doesnt mean that they should allow themselves to be ‘gutted’ by big media companies - they have to be part of making that business work.

Now is the best time to be a journalist. The demand is for journalists who WANT to tell a story. all the contacts, features, etc are in place to become a great journalist. This is THE time to be a journalist. It doesnt get much better than this.

With all the news technologies coming out, there’s a danger that they wont be accepted for what they are, and journalists lose focus of what journalism is. There are no barriers to entering journalism.