Matt Marshall and Michael Bazeley report in SiliconBeat that columnist / blogger Dan Gillmor will be leaving the Mercury News at the end of December. “Dan will be starting a grass-roots journalism venture,” they say - no specifics available just yet. Read the whole thing.
[update] Dan just posted on his blog. “Something powerful is happening, it’s in the early stages and I have a chance to help figure this out.”
Good luck, Dan!
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1 J-Log: Journalism News, Media Views // Dec 9, 2004 at 11:45 pm
Dan Gillmor to Start His Own Thing
While this is sad news for the Mercury News, it’s possibly good news for the rest of the world. Gillmor - columnist and blogger - will be “starting a grass-roots journalism venture,” according to SiliconBeat.
2 rexblog // Dec 9, 2004 at 11:51 pm
Dan Gillmor, citizen journalist
Dan Gillmor, citizen journalist: San Jose Mercury News technology reporter Dan Gillmor has announced that he’ll be leaving the paper next month, “to work on a citizen-journalism project.” Quote: I hope to pull together something useful that helps enable -
3 kpaul // Dec 9, 2004 at 11:57 pm
heh. this is very cool news. it’s almost like an early Christmas present. if he’s successful (and i’m sure he will be), it gives hope to all the rest of us who want to start our own media thing online. thanks for pointing this out.
-kpaul
4 Media Guerrilla // Dec 10, 2004 at 12:00 am
Dan Gillmor Leaving Merc
Whoa!