There is a tremendous difference between this and the Williams situation: one was paid off with tax payer dollars, the others were paid off to be part of a campaign they clearly believed in, with campaign funds. One was illegal. One was not. One did not make disclosures. The others did.
Jeff Jarvis raises many questions that are worth discussing.
Being paid to do what you love is no wrong thing. In fact – that’s the right idea if you ask me. But can you trust a pundit/journalist who is being paid by some entity to faithfully report about that same entity? That’s tough. Sometimes getting paid helps you become an expert in your field. At other times – it leaves you nothing more than a paid hack.
The question has come up many times before. The way Dan Gillmor has handled this in the past has always impressed me.
Similarly, you rarely hear me mention Comcast, Philly.com, KRD, or any of my previous employers because you can’t trust what I say about them 100%.
More at EdCone.com and rc3.org.
Hey Karl,
I’m completely blown away by these changes… What happened? I feel like I’m on one of the big boy blogs… Very nice indeed. Kinda hope you bring old Willy back in some manifestation eventually. Anyway, awsome job… just curious, when did you make the chande, and I know it’s none of my buisness, but I are you seeing an increase of hits with this new design? Take it easy… enjoy that great city of ours…
Hi David! You mean the changes at Philly Future? I’ve been working them in slowly over the past few months and then in December made a platform switch that tied it all together. My WordPress + Feed on Feeds platform pretty much had the same functionality – but it is far easier for me to maintain now.
You *are* a big time blogger as far as I’m concened. More folks should know about your site. I mean… it sounds like a movie plot….
In a world…
Where city life has gone wrong…
A lone teacher from Philadelphia…
Treks to Alaska to find himself, to find his future….
I realize I’m taking artistic liberty there….but…you rock 🙂
Oh… yeah… I’ve definately seen an increase in traffic… but it was trending up over the past year anyway. It’s still very small. Bloggers reading about other bloggers so far.