Comments on: Knight News Challenge: Building a new tool for communication across neighborhood boundaries http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/knight-news-challenge-building-a-new-tool-for-communication-across-neighborhood-boundaries/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Giles http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/knight-news-challenge-building-a-new-tool-for-communication-across-neighborhood-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-73642 David Giles Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:10:38 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=6236#comment-73642 I've had a similar notion for many years. For example - you are dining alone in a restaurant, and lacking a singles table, there is table for one and you sit opposite a video monitor and dine with someone in a similar situation somewhere else in the country / world - selectable based on how many languages you speak of course! I’ve had a similar notion for many years. For example – you are dining alone in a restaurant, and lacking a singles table, there is table for one and you sit opposite a video monitor and dine with someone in a similar situation somewhere else in the country / world – selectable based on how many languages you speak of course!

]]> By: Joshua Benton http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/knight-news-challenge-building-a-new-tool-for-communication-across-neighborhood-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-20458 Joshua Benton Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:20:51 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=6236#comment-20458 Kit Galloway emails with this comment: <i>Thank you for the ref to Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz’s 1980 Hole in Space between L.A. and New York. However, the relevant project to look at is the original "Electronic Cafe Network" we created in the Orwellian year of 1984. This was a resocilazation model for replication that many were not yet ready for in 1984. I think it will surprise and inspire your readers. Please see: http://www.ecafe.com/museum/history/ksoverview2.html</i> Kit Galloway emails with this comment:

Thank you for the ref to Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz’s 1980 Hole in Space between L.A. and New York. However, the relevant project to look at is the original “Electronic Cafe Network” we created in the Orwellian year of 1984. This was a resocilazation model for replication that many were not yet ready for in 1984. I think it will surprise and inspire your readers. Please see: http://www.ecafe.com/museum/history/ksoverview2.html

]]> By: Bill http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/knight-news-challenge-building-a-new-tool-for-communication-across-neighborhood-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-20398 Bill Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:59:31 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=6236#comment-20398 This project is very interesting, but it could be made to fit the journalistic mold better through a few interesting additions. Imagine, for example, if after formulating the original community contact and interaction between Brookline and Roxbury that contact was then deepened through the making available of something like "issues of shared interest" which could appear on the sides of the screen (much like where adds appear on most websites). These issues, perhaps in the form of brief videos or articles, could then provoke responses, discussions and debates between folks on each side of the virtual street corner. It could be made more interactive if the users could collaborate to determine the topics presented. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the influence that technological advance is having on journalism's future at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69 This project is very interesting, but it could be made to fit the journalistic mold better through a few interesting additions. Imagine, for example, if after formulating the original community contact and interaction between Brookline and Roxbury that contact was then deepened through the making available of something like “issues of shared interest” which could appear on the sides of the screen (much like where adds appear on most websites). These issues, perhaps in the form of brief videos or articles, could then provoke responses, discussions and debates between folks on each side of the virtual street corner. It could be made more interactive if the users could collaborate to determine the topics presented. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the influence that technological advance is having on journalism’s future at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69

]]> By: Knight News Challenge announces a (smaller) slate of winners for 2009 » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/knight-news-challenge-building-a-new-tool-for-communication-across-neighborhood-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-20358 Knight News Challenge announces a (smaller) slate of winners for 2009 » Nieman Journalism Lab Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:17:29 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=6236#comment-20358 [...] — Virtual Street Corners, $40,000 to John Ewing to create a way for citizen-created video newscasts to be shared between two Boston neighborhoods. (Read more in Lois’ post.) [...] [...] — Virtual Street Corners, $40,000 to John Ewing to create a way for citizen-created video newscasts to be shared between two Boston neighborhoods. (Read more in Lois’ post.) [...]

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