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'The Rise of the Virtual Newsroom'

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | December 1, 2009 at 06:08 pm

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Although the American Spectator, calling the rise of the virtual newsroom the story of 2009, emphasizes the conservative aspect of this phenomena, it is clear that the birth of the virtual newsroom - via laptops, cell phones, webcams, blogs, Twitter and Facebook, as well as lightening-swift Internet ; and indeed , via phenomena like Now Public Media - crosses party lines, regions, nations, and is a global explosion of journalism and progressive news making and politics which distinguishes the 21st century, and will change the way news and political and cultural opinions and events are formed.

I will not give lengthy excerpts below, because as stated I do not believe that this signifies the death of liberalism by any means, but I do credit this source with coining this timely phrase:

It was the biggest story of 2009.
If you doubt, ask ACORN. Or Van Jones. Or the So We Might See campaign. You won't need Time magazine's once clout-filled "Man of the Year" issue to figure it out, either. Just take a look back at the bestseller lists, the ratings of Fox News or simply turn on your local AM radio dial.

The single most important news event of 2009 was the emergence of The Virtual Newsroom. A newsroom run by a virtual army of conservative journalists famous and unknown, their individual and collective impact multiplied exponentially by millions of Internet users, radio listeners, readers and television viewers.

How did this happen? How does it work in practice?

First, perspective is needed here. Like other big news events, it didn't happen overnight. There is history, lots of it.

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Hugh Askew

at 19:16 on December 1st, 2009

Quoting from the spectator.org article, and speaking of those exposed to the public by the 'virtual newsroom':

"Accustomed to velvet-gloved treatment from their progressive buddies in the Old Media, they simply never factored the existence of the Virtual Newsroom into the equation."

Fascinating article. Appears the "mainstream" aka Old Media, has a counterweight. Much needed, at that.

After all these years holding sway, has to be sobering to the old guard. May be time for them to get off the kool-aid.