Journalism 2.0 August 12th, 2008
Brooke Oberwetter

There was an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday about how broadband is changing how some of the major TV news outlets operate.  Rather than concentrating resources on expensive, highly staffed news bureaus in just a few locations around the globe, the Times reports that many networks are relying on a “new breed” of journalists–digital journalists:

When news happens, they will use Internet connections and cellphone cameras to report live.

“We are harnessing technology that enables us to be anywhere and be live from anywhere,” said Nancy Lane, the senior vice president for news gathering for CNN/U.S., a unit of Time Warner. “It completely changes how we can report.”

Broadband makes it possible for these one-man news crews to operate, filing stories and streaming video coverage of events from all corners of the globe.  Of course bloggers have been doing this for years, leveraging the Internet to democratize the news.  It’s cool to see that larger media outlets are following their lead by implementing their own version of a citizen-journalist strategy.

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