Comments on: The New, New Journalism: Andrew Sullivan on Iran

By: Journalism in an age of data abundance at Barry Saunders

Journalism in an age of data abundance at Barry Saunders — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:08:32 +0000

[...] out on some of the most interesting aspects of using Twitter for journalism. Andrew Sullivan’s curation of information coming out of Iran (or gatewatching, as my colleague Axel Bruns called it long before the recent hype around social [...]

By: News for June 24 | Xenia Institute

News for June 24 | Xenia Institute — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:11:12 +0000

[...] that the social media is benefiting those outside of Iran more than those facing the Links include: Politicoholic | “Over the last couple of days I’ve been glued to Andrew Sullivan’s blog over at The [...]

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6.17.09 Featured blogs of the week – Student Bloggers — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:39:24 +0000

[...] blogger is convinced that Andrew Sullivan provides new journalism that deals with the events in Ian. There is nothing like getting good, quality content and the use of different media such as cell [...]

By: Nate Lustig

Nate Lustig — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:50:00 +0000

Good post. I’ve been glued to Andrew Sullivan and Nico’s live blog on Huffington post since monday as well. Its amazing to see the difference between the amount and quality of information available in these sources, compared to the MSM.

Nico’s blog is here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:32:11 +0000

I see you’re interested as well in the issue new media v. old media. Iran election has been such a display of the difference between the two and how new media such as Twitter are crucial to get the information going through. The only point is how can we know whether what is said is reliable. Although old media has the same issue, I find that rumors can go on pretty quickly on Twitter without knowing whether it is supported by evidence. What do you think about that?

I totally agree that the future of journalism is in the new media, where information is freely shared and exchanged. I think it is exiting to finally have the medium for a wide exchange of information, it really makes the internet a borderless world.

By: Nisha Chittal

Nisha Chittal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:27:40 +0000

Ha, does that mean my kicker was too predictable? I’ll have to work on that But yes, I agree that the type of new media journalism that Sullivan is practicing is what journalism will be someday.

By: Nisha Chittal

Nisha Chittal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:26:36 +0000

Yeah, at times in the past I have found Sullivan a bit misogynistic but his coverage of Iran has been really stellar, and he’s been updating round the clock which is really impressive, definitely worth checking out.

By: Nisha Chittal

Nisha Chittal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:25:32 +0000

Absolutely — real-time web is important in this. But I think the very concept of real-time web is so new that it’s still hard to grasp the full effects of it — but it certainly has proved useful for outsiders to see what’s going on in Iran in real time.

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:13:49 +0000

Unbelievable, I swear that right before reading the last sentence I was thinking to myself “this is what journalism should be”. Clearly, you thought so too

I had a long heated discussion with my mother yesterday about how massive media is tainted so I don’t take their so called “news” seriously. If your source is old media, I will be doubtful of what you’re saying right from the start.

I’m sure that this is what journalism will be. Someday.

By: cpxsam

cpxsam — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:47:36 +0000

Very cool, props to him for filling the void left by traditional media. Thanks for drawing my attention to him!