Comments on: Clay Shirky: Every time a consumer joins the new media landscape, a producer does too http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/23/clay-shirky-every-time-a-consumer-joins-the-new-media-landscape-a-producer-does-too/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:26:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: John http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/23/clay-shirky-every-time-a-consumer-joins-the-new-media-landscape-a-producer-does-too/comment-page-1/#comment-5673 John Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:24:17 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=4116#comment-5673 It so feels like you're clutching at straws with this professional / amateur refrain. "We have magic, they are muggles." "Surely they won't let black people play basketball." Same whine of everyone who is afraid of change. I'm sure there are plenty of very talented and highly educated 'amateurs' who will do some very excellent curation, analysis and trend identification as well. This challenge is about talent, ability and energy and creativity. And finding a niche. Not by hoping this is a temporary disruption of the rules. There are no new rules to understand. There is no new model. There won't be. Its anarchy; may the best, most interesting writer win. The mediocre, professional accreditation or not, will need to find work elsewhere. It so feels like you’re clutching at straws with this professional / amateur refrain. “We have magic, they are muggles.” “Surely they won’t let black people play basketball.” Same whine of everyone who is afraid of change. I’m sure there are plenty of very talented and highly educated ‘amateurs’ who will do some very excellent curation, analysis and trend identification as well.

This challenge is about talent, ability and energy and creativity. And finding a niche. Not by hoping this is a temporary disruption of the rules. There are no new rules to understand. There is no new model. There won’t be. Its anarchy; may the best, most interesting writer win. The mediocre, professional accreditation or not, will need to find work elsewhere.

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