Citizen journalism: some conclusions from the European Bloggers Unconference

Consider this my first attempt at a photoblog entry. For those who prefer video or text you can see both at http://www.ejc.net/seminars/picnic_2007_3

Guest blogger Bas Timmers on the customisable future of news

Bas Timmers is Newsroom Editor at Dutch broadsheet de Volkskrant

It´s 2015. Newspapers don´t exist anymore. At least, not as a mass medium. Because everyone is living in his own cocoon, his own little world, assembled to his own preferences. Customizable, as the phenomenon is generally called. A television(or a computer screen or electronic paper?) displays documentaries and YouTube-like videos from internet users with the same preferences and the same lifestyle. The mp3-player pounds out songs automaticallty that fit the mood of its user, because the bloody thing can sense the mental state of of its boss. And in the meantime it also suggests some new songs that might match his preference.

Twittering the European Bloggers Unconference

For the next two days I’ll be meeting bloggers from across Europe at the European Bloggers Unconference (previously reported here). Assuming I don’t look too rude texting away, I’ll be Twittering throughout. Check out my Twitter account for updates.

Will you be at PICNIC ’07?

If you’re at the PICNIC conference/festival in Amsterdam this week and want to say hello, drop me a line before Wednesday. I’ll be flying on Wednesday morning and at the European Bloggers Unconference (one of the partner events) throughout Thursday and Friday.