Dan Gillmor, columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, wrote this: Journalistic Pivot Points http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/2946748.htm
Here's the interesting bit: > I was blogging a session on wireless technology, and wrote something > about SkyPilot, one of the presenting companies. Duncan Davidson, > SkyPilot's CEO, finished his presentation and sat on the podium, > reading on his laptop, while other people talked. > > Then, in the Q&A, he corrected something I'd written in the blog. In > other words, he'd caught this in near-real time and had better > information (he should). I immediately posted another paragraph, which > began, "I've been corrected...." > > Whoa. I'm still not entirely sure what happened. But I do know > this. My journey in journalism hit a pivot in that moment. Maybe > journalism itself hit a pivot point, as pretentious as that sounds. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
