We Media Introduction

Dan Gillmor



http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/ -
                                                      "Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. Nationally known business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon, and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make and consume the news."

Grassroot Journalism, By the People For the People.

Introduction to We Media taken from Dan Gillmor's online book.

" - This book is about journalism’s transformation from a20th century mass-media structure to something profoundly more grassroots and democratic. It’s a story, first, of evolutionary change. Humans have always told each other stories, and each new era of progress has led to an expansion of storytelling. This is also a story of a modern revolution, however, because technology has given us a communications toolkit that allows anyone to become a journalist at little cost and,  in theory, with global reach. Nothing like this has ever been remotely possible before."