Comments on: Is the Article No Longer Enough? http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/is-the-article-no-longer-enough.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:51:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: | THESCRAPBOOK http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/is-the-article-no-longer-enough.html/comment-page-1#comment-165736 | THESCRAPBOOK Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:54:16 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=15696#comment-165736 [...] posted about new ways of writing articles that kind of relates to the above: Jeff Jarvis argues that the traditional form of the article is [...] [...] posted about new ways of writing articles that kind of relates to the above: Jeff Jarvis argues that the traditional form of the article is [...]

]]> By: Justin Boland http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/is-the-article-no-longer-enough.html/comment-page-1#comment-158374 Justin Boland Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:56:29 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=15696#comment-158374 My all-around favorite magazines are MIT Technology Review and the IEEE Spectrum. Precisely because all of the content assumes an expert readership -- they don't need to recap what "the internet" is or explain "social networking." Perhaps the broad understanding of the "informed citizen" is computationally impossible now? I think both WikiNews and the new format of CNN.com are good attempts at providing context without overloading the reader. My all-around favorite magazines are MIT Technology Review and the IEEE Spectrum. Precisely because all of the content assumes an expert readership — they don’t need to recap what “the internet” is or explain “social networking.”

Perhaps the broad understanding of the “informed citizen” is computationally impossible now?

I think both WikiNews and the new format of CNN.com are good attempts at providing context without overloading the reader.

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