Various quotes and thoughts to ponder this week.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~ Chinese Proverb

"Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand."~ Chinese Proverb

Hello, world. Just popping in again real quick to share some thoughts. Mostly concerning the Myers-Brigg INFP personality type as it relates to grassroots journalism.

grassroots journalism is
not connected to buildings
although it can survive there,
can thrive there if you reach it.

it's in houses and coffee shops and
corner diners across the land with wifi
to carry the news near and far in real time.

the front lines aren't in the boardrooms as i
mentioned before, they're located on the street.

today for example, while out helping Al shoot

two years
all but
done &
these
moments
i have w/me,
these tiny moments
of grassroots journalism
with a capital J, with a way
of seeming right, like something
you can get behind...

and i spend more time in Elwood now,
but it's a good thing. i'm helping another
start something here and can also use it as a

First off, when I think of immersion journalism, I think of literary journalism. They're closely related. Anyway, I noticed this piece over at Romenesko about WestWord's Storytime: The dailies are looking for characters, and I immediately thought about how Citizen Journalism could possibly help with the lack of immersion journalism and/or literary journalism in the world today. (The side discussion would be the whole chicken/egg debate about the apathetic state of the audience...)

I've only ever reached the H-list while blogging for J-log, far, far below the so called A-List bloggers. Maybe part of it is my occasional bad attitude when it comes to all things corporate. I think maybe I should clarify a few things. I understand the need for profit, although I hate greed. I realize that for every dimwitted move by big media, there are thousands of journalists practice journalism each and every day, often for low pay. I know that even if the media revolution is successful, we're going to have to take a lot of what's already been learned about journalism - the basics.

I'm not totally going to go soft on this blog (I see a dash of gonzo journalism with a heavy dose of literary journalism and two cups of citizen journalism), but I think there's hope if we can concentrate on Journalism and solving the problems before us. I still believe that the new media independents are perhaps more important in this stage of the online medium's development because of their ability to change quickly, to adapt rapidly. Again, though, there are many thousands of journalists doing things to make all journalists proud even while toiling for big media. We're all important. ;)