Comments on: AtP2: The honest truth about Opacity http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/ A NEW and IMPROVED rant about the good, the bad, and the ugly in public relations. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dre’s Ramblings » The next generation of news sites are here… Are we ready? http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-21023 Dre’s Ramblings » The next generation of news sites are here… Are we ready? Wed, 31 May 2006 15:33:02 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-21023 [...] While the distinction between the journalist and the blogger is quite clear in the minds of those that participate in those realms there are many that blur the line as observers. This has been pointed out extensively throughout the web, including recently on one of my fellow Birmingham Combloggerator sites, Accentuate the Positive 2.0. Do we bloggers still keep our own sites, offering our own style of commentary free from excessive oversight, or do we begin to conform within the guidelines of the major news companies as they begin to modify the MySpace model to the newsroom? Do we need to set standards, or is that why we get read anyway? Will we ever see this model exist here in Birmingham with our newspaper? Do we want it? These are definitely interesting questions to consider as we begin to see the current transformation of the 24-hour newsroom occur before our eyes. [...] […] While the distinction between the journalist and the blogger is quite clear in the minds of those that participate in those realms there are many that blur the line as observers. This has been pointed out extensively throughout the web, including recently on one of my fellow Birmingham Combloggerator sites, Accentuate the Positive 2.0. Do we bloggers still keep our own sites, offering our own style of commentary free from excessive oversight, or do we begin to conform within the guidelines of the major news companies as they begin to modify the MySpace model to the newsroom? Do we need to set standards, or is that why we get read anyway? Will we ever see this model exist here in Birmingham with our newspaper? Do we want it? These are definitely interesting questions to consider as we begin to see the current transformation of the 24-hour newsroom occur before our eyes. […]

]]> By: Meadophile http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-16683 Meadophile Mon, 22 May 2006 17:05:54 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-16683 "I know. I am now a heretic within the blogging community. A pariah. Simmer down." Considering that blogger's are inherently opinionated a-holes, is that really a bad thing? “I know. I am now a heretic within the blogging community. A pariah. Simmer down.”

Considering that blogger’s are inherently opinionated a-holes, is that really a bad thing?

]]> By: Accentuate the Positive, 2.0 » AtP2: Translucence http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-16613 Accentuate the Positive, 2.0 » AtP2: Translucence Mon, 22 May 2006 13:48:15 +0000 http://positiveposition.com/blog/2006/05/22/atp2-the-honest-truth-about-opacity/#comment-16613 [...] Boy, did I ever forget the punchline. It’s not that information-seekers are so fond to “transparency” or even “opacity.” They just abhor “translucence.” [...] […] Boy, did I ever forget the punchline. It’s not that information-seekers are so fond to “transparency” or even “opacity.” They just abhor “translucence.” […]

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