Media 2.0 Workgroup and the Work of Media 2.0

Jeneane Sessum — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:27:33 -0600

I'm delighted (you can tell when I use words like 'delighted' that this is serious business) to be part of the newly (as in today) launched Media 2.0 Workgroup.

When asked if I would like to participate, I said as long as I can play young Dr. Kildare.

And (you won't believe it, but) they said yes!

So in my new role, I promise you, dear readers and friends and detractors, that I will try to use my power for good, not evil, and that means I will construct my meanderings using the broadest interpretation of what Media 2.0 means. Or doesn't mean.

We came here to tell stories, didn't we? Yes we did! Once upon a time, we were the wedia media pedia, weren't we? Yes, we were! And with the web 2.0 pony beaten just shy of the glue factory, I'm looking for new rides, higher slides, longer strides. So let's find some together! Are you with me?

Although my beat is PR, because my roots there are long and twisted, I plan to explore way more than what I already know about. What's your pleasure--social drama? network karma? big pharma? it's all good.

What made me say "Sure, if I can play Dr. Kildare" in the first place was the chance to join this cast of characters who are also part of the workgroup:

Ben Metcalfe (Ex BBC)
Publishing 2.0 (Scott Karp)
Stowe Boyd (/message)
Are you Paying Attention? (Touchstone)
Daniela Barbosa (Factiva/Dow Jones)
Jeremiah Owyang (PodTech)
Jeff Pulver (PulverMedia)
Suw & Kevin (Strange Attractor)
Frank Gruber (AOL)
Ian Forrester (BBC)
Brian Solis (PR2.0)
Marianne Richmond (Resonance Ptnrship)
Jeneane Sessum (Oh, duh, that's me)

Heavy company indeed.

For a more formal description on what this whole thing is about, see the announcement on touchstone.

Since initially posting on the Media 2.0 Workgroup, nominations for others to the workgroup have been opened up. I'm not sure how many slots there are, but if you know of someone who is a good candidate to offer some new thinking on the new media, please add them to the nomination wiki, or stop by and ad an asterisk to someone already nominated.

Too often these exercises become same-old, same-old, with the same participants using a new technorati tag to spread their girth across an aready crowded social web. I'm determined to add NEW voices to this group, diverse voices, so that we have the best chance of doing something useful.

You can subscribe to the aggregated feed, or get the OPML, for Media 2.0 Workgroup on the workgroup page.

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Jeneane also blogs at ALLIED, where excerpts of this post first appeared.

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