..a mainstream person at work producing mainstream news...
Posted on 11/15/2005 12:34:51 PM PST by Liz
NEW YORK A media Web site scheduled to debut Wednesday will seek to blend traditional journalism with the freeform commentary developed through the emerging Web format known as blogs.
Some 70 Web journalists, including Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds and David Corn, Washington editor of the Nation magazine, have agreed to participate in OSM _ short for Open Source Media.
OSM will link to individual blog postings and highlight the best contributions, chosen by OSM editors, in a special section. Bloggers will be paid undisclosed sums based on traffic they generate.
The ad-supported OSM site will also carry news feeds from Newstex, which in turn receives stories from The Associated Press, Knight- Ridder/Tribune News Service and other traditional media organizations.
"We're deliberately trying to do something new by affiliating blog and mainstream people," said Roger L. Simon, a blogger and the venture's co-founder.
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, about 9 percent of adult Internet users in the United States have created their own blogs, and about 25 percent read them. The audience tends to be more influential: blog postings can affect what news organizations cover or politicians discuss.
Many details of OSM remain unsettled. For example, OSM wants to create a mechanism for citizen journalists, including bloggers, to submit original news during natural disasters, civil unrest and other newsworthy events. Simon said organizers still have to come up with ways to check submissions for accuracy.
Initially, OSM will create blog-like discussion panels surrounding major news events, with three or four bloggers and non-blogging experts chosen to contribute.
Although Simon and co-founder Charles Johnson are often described as conservative, Simon said the site will transcend labels and include bloggers of all political leanings.
OSM was founded last year as Pajamas Media, a play on bloggers' ability to opine from home at all hours, day or night. It has raised $3.5 million from venture capitalists.
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Gimme a break.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Open Source Media = Opium Sucking Media = Oh Sure! Media
LOL
All FR needs is more original content and OSM is toast.
I've learned that whenever someone claims to be above bias, they're usually liberal and biased.
I see. They write fiction and everybody comments on it.
I'll pass.
David Corn???
Can these liberals ever come up with an orginal thought or idea??
"Simon and co-founder Charles Johnson"
Charles Johnson is LGF, good luck with this.
In other words, the MSM sued FR for the crime of giving them more web traffic - and now they are adding insult to injury by using FR content to pad their failing publications.
"It has raised $3.5 million from venture capitalists."
I think you're missing out!
LOL!
Other than my self imposed exiles, which dont last very long, I havent found anything better than this web site right here.
As long a JimRob will let me, I will be staying put.
I do think we need to have some sort of penalty for every time this board gets refered to as a blog. Boiling oil comes to mind......
This site is going to bomb! The Media has been blending opinion and news for years and years and years. And evidence in the year 2005, is that their "news" was never that popular.
The only new thing here is that they're taking opinions now from the net.
NOBODY can digest Corn!
So their idea is to produce new forums to spew forth the same old Leftist drivel. It's not the Format Dinasours, IT THE CONTENT.
..a mainstream person at work producing mainstream news...
All FR needs is more original content and OSM is toast.
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