MediaBerkman

Listen to Dan Gillmor’s Citizens Media Series event, Engaging with the News”. Held at the Berkman Center, this informal discussion explores how people are using new media technologies to become citizen journalists.

“In a world of democratized media, we dont have to settle anymore for the newspaper that a carrier drops in the driveway or the 5 oclock news broadcast. Even the traditional media are offering new choices, including podcasts and outbound links, but this is only a starting point. We can, and should, assemble our own news reports from the vast data streams. We can use tools to help navigate our way through the masses of information, but the human component remains crucial. Recommendation systems and other emergent notions can help answer the question of who and what is trustworthy in a world where anyone can publish.”

Dan Gillmor is the founder & director of the Center for Citizen Media, author of We the Media and a Berkman Center fellow.

Download the MP3 (time: 1:50:26)

April 19, 2006