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Dan Gillmor, technology columnist at The San Jose Mercury News, is writing a book on the future of journalism in a networked age. Some critics deny blogs can be realiable sources of information because they are unedited, but Gillmor points out that the community of readers become the editors. We all know how an unfairly partisan or factually mistaken blog post will be assailed in comments to the post or in competing blogs.

Like Lawrence Lessig, Gillmor is putting his money where his mouth is and is posting the chapter drafts of his book on his website. He is encouraging people to read them and offer criticism so he can make the finished product better. Not only will Gillmor reap the benefits of loosening the grip on content that I’ve discussed previously, but he’ll also get access to free fact-checking and research. We also don’t just get a free book, but a better book in the end. The book should be in stores by July.

Apr 22, 2004 | Comments