Gillmor talks "We the Media" on the WELL

Dan Gillmor is being publicly interviewed on the WELL about his fantasic "Journalism 3.0" manifesto, We the Media. All comers welcome.

OhmyNews is one of the most important new-media experiments anywhere in the world. It was the right publication at the right time.

I do discuss some work outside the U.S., though the book is based more on what's happening here than elsewhere. It turns out that I have a longish section about OhmyNews, as I visited them about 18 months ago while researching the book. I was dazzled by what I saw.

OhmyNews was launched in a place that was already well-wired for the Net. The news environment was ideal, in a sense, for a genuine opposition publication -- because three big newspapers had about 80 percent of the market share. Korea was at the cusp of political changes, and the reform-oriented candidate was a great vehicle for OhmyNews, which clearly helped elect him.

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