Last panel is up:



On professional journalists joining the blogosphere. Here is the Lawmeme link for the transcription of the panel. Here is the Lawmeme link for the people who are blogging.



John Hiler thinks it is remarkable that blogs are holding their own against a controlled substance. In a straw poll of the room, most people have a blog or read a blog while very few smoke cigarettes. Hmm... He continues on about how and why blogging is such an addicting process. Moreover, it is doing well against other sorts of addictive media--such as books and television. John argues that it is the unpredictability of weblogs--have they updated? have you received hate mail?--that drives the addiction. [A fascinating presentation, but kind of disturbing as I reflect on how much time I spend blogging] John's final point: Businesses don't get it.



David Gallagher--anecdotes! Some very funny stories. The best place to get full transcripts is Lawmeme.



Jeff Jarvis--The Internet is the first medium that is owned by the audience. "The audience has a voice." It is not a medium where it is the editor influencing what is said. Jeff has faith in the taste of the audience; this is why he loves the Internet. On television, at the end of the day, the audiences will watch good stuff. So, "populism matters." Weblogs add a sense of quality to the discussion--the links help set out the best weblogs. [This is a fairly inspiring presentation, especially from someone who has continued to remind us all day that he comes from old media.] He does assert that it is a bit egotistical to argue that webloggers can replace journalism. Reporters do things that we cannot do (he refers to Daniel Pearl). Should we affect media? Sure. But not replace it. "Webloggers have not been discovered yet."



Josh Marshall--Weblogs can't do the same sort of reporting that reporters for big media do. There is just too much time (and money) involved. "Weblogs are going to permanently be a churn medium." And that is a good thing. Weblogs are also useful to engage the discussion that doesn't make it into print media. Josh brings up the good point that as one's readership grows, the informal rules for what one can and cannot write must change. The transcendant rule is fundamental honesty with your readers.



A pervading concern today, aside from the question of how blogs will interact with big media, is that of libel. A serious consideration for the amateur blogger.

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