Its a forgone conclusion that this experiment will be watched very closely by those who are hoping to capitilize on emergent journalism. I’m still not entirely convinced that citizen journalism will ever be able to operate on a for-profit model. Nevertheless, if anyone can succeed at this, its Gillmor. Its not that Dan has any special powers, or secret knowledge; rather, Dan simply has the rare skill of knowning how to listen. Unlike most of these startups, Dan is not creating an organization, and inviting people to participate. Rather, Dan appears to be inviting people to create an organization, and is offering resources to help make it happen.

Dan Gillmor & Grassroots Media Launch 1st Project | Nick Lewis: The Blog

Nick quotes Dan on saying he’s a Host and not an Editor. We’ve been using broken terminology at PF. I need to change that. That’s closer to the role our volunteers take. Never is an editor to edit a participant’s post – and I guess that’s implied by the title “Editor” isn’t it?