Buzzmachine: Could Google’s Wave be new reporting tool?
Jeff Jarvis ponders the potential of Wave – Google’s next generation email product announced last week (see video below) – as a tool for journalists:
“In Wave, I see more than a new generation of email cum wikis cum Twitter cum groupware. Because it can feed blog and web pages and Twitter, I see a new way to create content, collaborative and live. I see a new way to make news,” he writes.
“Imagine a team of reporters – together with witnesses on the scene – able to contribute photos and news to the same Wave (formerly known as a story or a page). One can write up what is known; a witness can add facts from the scene and photos; an editor or reader can ask questions. And it is all contained under a single address – a permalink for the story – that is constantly updated from a collaborative team.”
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June 1st, 2009 at 9:26 am
See also the videos with Sergey Brin & Stephanie Hannon, about the opportunies for journalist to use Wave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSEGPQNQJHA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgx_LC73pqg
June 1st, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Thanks Damien – definitely worth a watch.
June 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
You’r welcome