Debating How Not-To-Debate Bloggers Vs. Journos in Amherst
Editor’s note: Jemima Kiss second and final report from the Media Giraffe conference, held late last week in Amherst, Massachusetts.
In the wrap-up Friday, some rather earnest local citizen journalism types were slaying the “proper journalists” for reeling out the self-congratulatory participatory media spiel and then leaving early. No names mentioned, but New York’s journorati did make a swift Amherst exit yesterday morning leaving the rest of us to wallow in a worthy discussion on media education and the role of journalism in a democracy.
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