Appendix: Resources for We Media

Additional articles
What is Participatory Journalism?
By J.D. Lasica, senior editor for Online Journalism Review
The line between journalism and personal publishing is a blurry one, thanks to new ubiquitous tools that make it possible for anyone to publish and report news.
Also see sidebars
• Personal Broadcasting Opens Yet Another Front for Journalists
• Citizen Reporters: Participatory Journalism Puts the Reader in the Driver's Seat

Weblogs and Journalism (PDF, 2.8MB)
Fall 2003, Nieman Reports (Harvard).
This issue has a forty-page special section on weblogs and journalism in which 18 journalists talk about the complex issues surrounding blogging and journalism. Jonathan Dube has overview of the report.

Special Report: The New Alternatives
September/October 2003. Columbia Journalism Review.
CJR makes the case that the stars are in place for a new age of alternative media, much of it digital. They weigh the significance of blogging phenomenon and calculate how such new alternatives alter the power relationship between press and people.

Weblogs and the News
An introduction to blogging and pointers to online articles about journalism and blogs, compiled by J.D. Lasica.

Weblogs & related sites
Hypergene MediaBlog
All about Participatory Journalism – how audiences are changing the future of news and information. Weblog by the authors of this whitepaper, Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis

New Media Musings
Weblog of J.D. Lasica, senior editor for Online Journalism Review

Dan Gillmor’s eJournal
Weblog of Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News technology columnist

Amateur Hour: the "Me" in Media
Jonathan Peterson’s weblog about the democratization of media and digital tools

Many-to-Many
Collaborative weblog on social software

Microcontent News
John Hiler’s blog covers weblogs, Webzines, email digests, and personal publishing

MediaSavvy
Barry Parr’s daily analysis of networked media news and research

E-Media Tidbits
Collaborative weblog by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies about online media and journalism

Online Community Report
Free e-mail newsletter covering news and best ideas in online group collaboration

Design for Community
Additional essays from Derek M. Powazek, author of a book by the same name

I Want Media
Media news, interviews and resources compiled by Patrick Phillips. Email newsletter available.

Romenesko
Poynter weblog on media industry news, commentary and internal memos

Seb’s Open Research
Weblog on the evolution of knowledge sharing and scholarly communication

Clay Shirky
Essays about economics & culture, media & community, open source and more

Adrian Holovaty
A weblog that focuses on design, usability and other technical aspects of news Web sites.

Nathan Ashby-Kuhlman
Online news weblog

Matt Blackbelt Jones
Weblog by an information architect, fomerly of BBC New Media

Steven Berlin Johnson
Weblog by the author of Emergence

Meg Hourihan
Weblog by the co-founder of Pyra, the company behind Blogger, and co-author of We Blog

Jason Kottke
Weblog by designer Jason Kottke about Web technology, media and network science

Joichi Ito
Weblog by the CEO of Neoteny, a venture capital firm

Evan Williams
Weblog by the co-creator and CEO of Pyra, the company behind Blogger

David Weinberger
Weblog by author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined; co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto

Doc Searls
Weblog by the co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto; senior editor of Linux Journal

Dave Winer
Weblog by the creator of UserLand Software

Nick Denton
Weblog by the founder of Gawker and Gizmodo and former chief executive of Moreover Technologies

Mitch Ratcliffe
Journalist whose weblog covers business, technology and investing

Jeff Jarvis
Weblog by the president and creative director of Advance.net

Matt Haughey
Weblog by the co-author of We Blog and creator of the community weblog Metafilter

Marc Canter
Weblog by the founder of MacroMind, which became Macromedia

Blogosphere
Weblog by Nicholas Jon on weblogging, new media

Slashdot
News for nerds, stuff that matters

Kuro5hin
Technology and culture, from the trenches

MetaFilter
Community weblog, with topics that run the gamut

J-Log
Journalism news and media views from K. Paul Mallasch

Creative Commons
Released a set of copyright licenses free for public use

First Monday
Peer-reviewed journal on the Internet

Pew Internet & American Life
Research and reports on the impact of the Internet

Journalism.org
Research, resources and ideas to improve journalism

Cyberjournalist.net
Weblog by MSNBC.com technology editor Jonathan Dube, sponsored by the American Press Institute, focuses on how the Internet, media convergence and new technologies are changing journalism.

Online Journalism Review
Articles on new media edited by a staff at USC Annenberg

Online News Association
Five-year-old organization devoted to enhancing online news

Instant Messaging Planet
News and research on instant messaging

Blog indices, resources and search
• Blogdex
• Daypop Top 40
• Popdex
• Technorati
• Waypath
• Photoblogs
• Blogwise
• BlogStreet
• Blogging Ecosystem
• Organica

Books

Network theory
Linked: The New Science of Networks
by Albert-László Barabási
Also: Author site

Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts

Small Worlds
by Duncan J. Watts

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
by Mark Buchanan

Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
by Steven Strogatz

Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson
Also: Author weblog

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
Also: Author site

The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex
by Harold J. Morowitz

Online community
Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places
by Derek M. Powazek
Also: Book site

Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
by Amy Jo Kim

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
by Howard Rheingold

Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting Sociability
by Jennifer Preece

Weblogs
The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog
by Rebecca Blood
Also: Author weblog

We’ve Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture
by Editors of Perseus Publishing, Rebecca Blood

We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs
by Paul Bausch, Meg Hourihan, Matt Haughey
Also: Book weblog

Essential Blogging
by Shelley Powers (Editor), et al (Paperback)
Also: Author weblog

Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content
by Biz Stone

Running Weblogs With Slash
by Chromatic, et al

Blog On: Building Online Communities With Weblogs
by Todd Stauffer

Journalism
The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosensteil

Warp Speed: America in the Age of the Mixed Media Culture
by Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel

News Values: Ideas for an Information Age
by Jack Fuller

The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
by Leonard Downie Jr., Robert G. Kaiser

The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories That Shape the Political World
by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Paul Waldman

Other
Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
by Howard Rheingold
Also: Book weblog

Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web
by David Weinberger
Also: Author weblog

TRUST: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam

The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
by Lawrence Lessig

The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
by Christopher Locke, et al

The Visionary’s Handbook: Nine Paradoxes That will Shape the Future of Your Business
by Watts Wacker, Jim Taylor

The Deviant’s Advantage: How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets
by Ryan Mathews, Watts Wacker

Tools

Weblog software
• Blogger
• Movable Type
• TypePad
• Radio UserLand
• pMachine
• LiveJournal
• Greymatter
• b2
• Geeklog
• iBlog (Mac)
• Tripod Blog Builder
• Trellix
• Xanga
• Blog-City
• WebCrimson
• Weblog Compendium
• Weblog Software comparison
• Blogware review

Forum Software
• phpBB/
• Discus and DiscusPro
• vBulletin
• WebBoard
• WebCrossing
• Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) & OpenTopic
• Snitz Forums
• Phorum

Gnutella File Sharing (P2P) software
• Gnutelliums
• Kazaa
• Morpheus
• LimeWire
• BearShare
• Grokster

Discussion Group sites
• Yahoo!Groups
• Topica

RSS XML news readers
• NewzCrawler (PC)
• AmphetaDesk (cross-platform)
• News Monster (cross-platform)
• Radio UserLand (PC or Mac)
• NetNewsWire (Mac)
• FeedReader (PC)
• Headline Viewer (PC)
• Aggie News (PC)
• More news reader software

XML Feed Aggregators
• Syndic8
• News Is Free

Collaborative publishing and other tools
• Slashcode
• Scoop
• PHP-Nuke
• Postnuke
• Wiki Engines
• OpenCMS
• Open Source Content Management Systems
• Groove Networks
• Zaplet Collaboration Software
• ActiveBuddy: Interactive Instant Messaging Software
• Jabber.org: Open source instant messaging platform