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Mark Salinas — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:43:01 -0000

Great Post! Much detail, I enjoyed the reading!

Mark Salinas, MN

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Jessie Newburn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:50:36 -0000

I have never been much of a fan of traditional, institutionalized media. Oddly, I consume more traditional media through social media than ever before. How encouraged I feel when reading your post here. You are a dual citizen hero, Jim, for traditional media and social media. Keep on, keepin' on.

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Tracy Lee — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:23:55 -0000

Excellent article. Having worked in newspapers, magazines and print for almost 30 years, I have seen a lot of change technologically and socially.I have heard people say that print is dead for many years. Print will never be dead, just as television and the large media providers will not disappear. There is a place for everyone. Social media, blogs and other tools do not fit the same bill as traditional media. They all compliment each other to give the audience what they are looking for, their own personal view of the world in the format and the delivery method they want it in.

It is all good. :)

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Grant — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:54:47 -0000

I agree that the "traditional" media is here to stay, but it's still exciting to see how the media and they way they report is evolving. All of this technology is putting the knowledge (and by extension, the power) back in the hand of the people. The era where the media is capable of perpetuating lies and clouding the truth is fading, fast. It's a lot harder to hide the truth when you're looking at potentially millions of news and information sources for people to work off of as opposed to a handful.

It's an exciting time, I'm really interested in how this all plays out over the next few years.

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GeekMommy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:52:56 -0000

Jim I think the phrase is beautiful... and apt.
The deeper we get into connecting all forms of media - old media, new media, social media - the more the possibilities seem to expand before us.
I don't think anything is going to 'replace' established media... any more than television news 'replaced' newspapers... there are reasons we utilize one form of media or another.

This article however, is brilliant, and I know I will be pointing several people to it whom I've been having discussions with over the development of new media who just don't quite get why it's important or relevant.

Thanks again!

P.S. Sir Bob sure has class... thanks for the Qik vid.

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Jeff Madison — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:52:50 -0000

Great stuff. I find that the line of distinction between old and new is blurred. I'm sure that if there was more "new" in the "old" job that you have maybe you wouldn't have to lug around so much stuff :).

We'll always need the old so it will always be here. But the new media sure is a lot of fun. I truly enjoy the glimpses of life that you bring to me via Twitter. It always interesting to look and see where you are and then later to hear about what you've been talking about on the broadcast (old) media.

Keep up the good work.

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Chip Griffin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:36:27 -0000

Lots of good stuff here, but I think the most important point you make is this: "I don’t subscribe to zero sum notions of one type of media replacing another. What traditional media does is still, and I suspect always will be, relevant."

You are dead on correct with that statement. Traditional media will evolve but it will not disappear. Citizen journalism will supplement, not replace, professional journalism. Blogs, podcasts, and online video will all blossom, but radio, TV, and even dead-tree publications like newspapers and magazines will continue to play a role in our media consumption habits of the future.

I do get concerned at the number of my fellow evangelists who preach the "death" of one or another forms of media. Coexistence will be beautiful.

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Ken — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:42:24 -0000

Nice blog and great points. I'm impressed by all the work that you've done and you've definitely incorporated a lot of social media into your work...you're truly the 21st century broadcaster. No longer is traditional media relaying the news, but interactive has taken over. I think you make some great points about engaging the people in these "conversations". From your experience with the press pool during your travels, do you see any of your other colleagues engaging in social media while broadcasting?

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kathryn jones — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:38:19 -0000

Jim!

I had the amazing honor to be in the qik chatroom when you interviewed Bob Geldof... what an incredible, and prescient experience... and I too absolutely LOVED Virginia Heffernen's piece about Friday Night Lights (there was another amazing piece in the same magazine that emphasized how another entertainment company had their thumb fully on the pulse of interactivity and was succeeding beyond expectations- I'll hunt that down for you).

I so look forward to the deepening of the interactive experience in all media, but especially in the arts.... as you know I'm working on it!!!!! and I am eager to hear all you guys discover at SXSW!!!!!! Forward thinking as us new media folk may be... I think we have barely begun to scratch the horizon...

Have a wonderful time!!!

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SpaceyG — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:10:39 -0000

That's a mighty big camera you're slingin'. Fine, fine, fine.