Hi: I'm Doreen Marchionni (Ph.D. '09, Missouri School of Journalism). I'll be your intergalactic pilot on this journey through my dissertation. Send whiskey, please.
tCN: Skype Edition - Doreen Marchionni
Many of you might know that when I was at Oklahoma State University, I had a wide variety of majors. One of the earliest in the list was Journalism/Broadcasting.
I absolutely loved my radio production class. In fact, it may very well have been may favorite class in all of college. But, the reporting classes left me feeling like I was having my toenails pulled out. There’s something about journalistic writing that just wasn’t for me. I’m more of a storyteller than a fact verifier. So, after a year in that major, I moved on to other things.
Doreen Marchionni of Sasquatch Media Consulting is championing a new aspect of journalism that I would have been all over if I were a student now.
Journalism As Conversation is a fascinating blend of traditional journalism with the collaborative voice of citizen journalism. Doreen and I spend a few minutes talking about the journalistic world as she sees it and where that is going to fit in with the collaborative nature of today’s online society.
Heady stuff. But, as you’ll see, fascinating stuff as well.
Many thanks and a shout-out to Jeremy for caring about this topic enough to pick it apart. He’s a gifted interviewer and, yes, he broke my heart when he mentioned he considered a career in journalism, then bailed (watch the video to see why).
He’s also better known for interviewing heavy hitters in the creative arts, including Adam Lisagor and Merlin Mann. See their respective interviews here and here.
Finally, for information on Jeremy’s SXSW panel, which gets a big thumbs-up from me, click here (bonus: Jeremy’s video wrap-up of SXSW 2010). More info here on my panel proposal, which addresses some of what Jeremy and I discussed in the video.
Onward ho.
