Craig’s List Founder Ponders Citizen Journalism
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, has been talking with Dan Gillmor and Jeff Jarvis about citizen journalism. Newmark told the Associated Press he’s interested in it.
"But he believes the reason why newspapers are losing circulation is that too many traditional journalists are willing to quote politicians and business executives even if they’re blatantly lying — merely for the sake of perceived objectivity. He’d prefer an “open source” model of journalism where legions of volunteers act as writers, assignment editors and fact checkers to challenge mainstream journalists."
