Jeff Jarvis Likes Norgs

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Jeff Jarvis in the Philly Hood has live-blogged their unconference of newspapers meets bloggers. Very interesting especially an idea on a coop called "Norg" (News Organisation) Norg means something else downunder, I wont ponder at risk I doth offend. The BuzzMachine re What can Norg be ? - "A filter…. credibility… interactivity… tangibility (i.e. print, free, to reach people not online)…. multiplatform…. media literacy (not just consumption but creation)…. it has a voice… it gives voice to the public…. relevant… compelling…. agenda-setting…. empowering…. face-to-face… distributed…. continuous…. 24-hour… smarter at promotion…. ethical… economically viable…. cover government… investigative…. diverse…. raise revenue… share revenue with the edge…. support journalism legally… adaptive…. innovative… risk-taking…. resiliant…. able to try and fail and try again…"