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Scott Rosenberg

Location: California,

Bio: Salon cofounder and former managing editor, author of "Say Everything" and "Dreaming in Code." Also blogging at wordyard.com.

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AUGUST 3, 2009 10:13AM

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Last Thursday I had the pleasure of talking about Say Everything with Michael Krasny on KQED’s Forum. I don’t think I fully infected Michael with my enthusiasm for bloggers and their place in our culture, but I was grateful for the rare opportunity this show (and host) provides to dig really deeply into a subject over the course of an hour.

One of my arguments is that blogs — so long derided as trivial — are actually the format we employ today when we want to go deep into any subject or topic. Forum and blogs: separated at birth?

Here’s the audio from the show:

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Great site. While I didn't get to listen to the audio, I didn't see a place to click, I'll just say I think blogging is the best thing to happen to the poor people of this world, well, since ever. A man, with a few hundred dollars, can at least vent his frustration over something. No writing to the editor, never to be published. While you may not get read, as a blogger, you can get if off your chest, which is a good thing!!

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August 03, 2009 11:43 AM

Good luck modernizing Krasny. Check the link, it's missing.

Stellaa

August 03, 2009 12:50 PM

Here is the link: "Say Everything" Blog expert Scott Rosenberg visits us in studio to discuss his new book, "Say Everything," a chronicle of the history of the web log, its contemporary significance and how it may evolve. Rosenberg is co-founder of Salon.com, an online source for news and entertainment. His other books include "Dreaming in Code."

Stellaa

August 03, 2009 12:53 PM

Thanks, Stellaa. The embed code doesn't seem to work properly here in Open (it's fine on my Wordpress blog...).

Scott Rosenberg

August 03, 2009 12:57 PM

Scott, what I find fascinating from the "traditionalists" is the surprise of having to question the sources. This I think is the problem, we abdicated our responsibility to question the sources.

Traditionalists, enjoyed the comfort of following the "word" of the accepted newspapers, NYTimes, Post and WSJ, yet, as we saw during Iraq, they failed and failed miserably. So, in a rather easy way, it's lazy to not spend the energy to question the sources you read and accept them at face value.

Stellaa

August 03, 2009 01:34 PM

Gosh, me again....thanks for the great compliments to OS.

(I will not channel Sally Field now)

Stellaa

August 03, 2009 01:41 PM

Scott, I heard it on the ride home from blueberry picking with my kids. We all sat in the car and heard it through to the end. Nice job!

Lainey

August 03, 2009 09:44 PM

I know I'm late to the party, but I'm with Stellaa; I don't think Krasny can be modernized. And I wouldn't worry about not being able to infect him with your enthusiasm; I've tried many times to listen to his program, and his dull delivery makes for impossible listening, in my view. But kudos to you for the effort.