Oh sure, talking to Henry Jenkins is cool and all…but is it as cool as jawing with the best feminist blog in the country? I think it’s a draw!

Check out Tracy’s thoughts on the future of journalism and the role of progressive media:

Why I love progressive media is that it focuses on those very stories that the mainstream media continues to miss or deliberately ignores. The progressive media is doing the investigations that mainstream media does not. They are listening to and reporting on the individuals and voices you won’t hear in the mainstream media. This quote by John Pilger, editor of the book Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed The World, sums up my feelings about the very essence of journalism and what I believe the progressive media fully embodies, “Without it, our sense of injustice would lose its vocabulary and people would not be armed with the information they need to fight it.”

She offers up three pieces of advice for independent media makers looking to thrive online:

1) Allow your audiences to play.
2) Provide the space for your audiences to self-organize.
3) Collaborate. Coordinate. Share resources.

“There’s so much more, but I’ve gotta save it for the book!” she writes. Amen! We are in the final push. Stay tuned, and in the coming months you’ll hear all about it.

Tags: deathof journalism, Book, progressive media