Another sign of how blogging is affecting media: Reuters has poured some money into the indispensable Global Voices and will use Global Voices content on its web site as part of its reporting.
Global Voices show the power of blogging to bring outside voices into the conversation by shining the light on areas of the world not normally heard from, and allowing the voices of the people to come through. Reuters is as smart as hell to realize this is a huge reporting resource.
David Weinberger has one of the best takes on the announcement:
I’m finding it hard to be cynical and pessimistic about this. GV gets funded, Reuters has no say in what GV talks about, Reuters’ stories get bottom-up context, and the global voices at Global Voices get heard more broadly. Sounds like good news for news.
TAGS: GLOBAL VOICES, REUTERS, JOURNALISM
