"Current TV" (Al Gore's new Cable Chanel) being discussed on TOTN

[Up2Late]

That's Talk of the Nation for all the non-NPR listeners.

They should be taking calls in a few minutes.

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4782272>

Citizen Journalism on Al Gore's Current Network

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 6:00 p.m. ET


Talk of the Nation, August 2, 2005 · Al Gore's new cable network Current features video produced by young, non-journalists to provide voices from outside the mainstream media. But inside the mainstream, professional journalists debate its value. Join Neal Conan and guests for the pros and cons of citizen journalism.

Guests:

Marc Glaser, columnist at the Online Journalism Review

Vin Crosbie, president and managing partner of Digital Deliverance

Kyle MacRae, managing director and founder of Scoopt

You can participate by calling [phone] or by e-mailing [e-mail]

<http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=5>

[bigendian]

1. Should be interesting.

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