When does "New Media" cross into "major nuisance"?by: Zandra Rice HawkinsWed Jun 03, 2009 at 15:08:06 PM EDT |
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I'm conflicted on this report: Grant Bosse from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is red hot at the NH Senate today for not allowing him to set-up in the media section.
Bosse's beef is that he is "new media" and has a right to set-up alongside the state's print reporters and tv stations. Now, generally I think that new media reporters are glossed over too much. In Bosse's case, however, he's not really writing for a new media site. Rather, he's a hired hand from an advocacy organization that seeks to promote policy As someone with an organization that routinely films political activity in the state for the benefit of our members, I try to gain access wherever I can. But I don't purport that I'm speaking for new media advocates when I'm asked to move to the gallery. Instead, I'd rather leave that space and make the case for new media that's reporting for general public interest rather than an organizational view. The real question for me is, how do we allow new media technology use by organizations to have quality access without having everyone with a flip camera getting riled up? And how to we protect new media outlets from getting a bad rap from other new media users? |