I think it’s funny, the way people complain about jargon. You think it’s funny the way people use it unto meaninglessness. That they certainly do.

I know people come up with “buzzwords” for a reason but the internet has seen quite few annoying ones that fizzle out or are said so much they’ve lost all meaning: like “hyperlocal” for instance. Plus, then they try to market industry buzzwords to John Q Public who doesn’t know crap about anything.

Also, I’m just one of those young people who rolls their eyes at a buzzword because it feels like some corporate executive is trying too hard.

Your idea is fantastic but next time, don’t get so defensive.

Why do you journalists call it a “lede?” Why not just say, “the first sentence,” like everyone else in creation? Why make us groan with confusing terms like B-roll? Can’t you just say “meaningless stock footage” like everyone else?

Jeez.

Steve: Thanks for live blogging. Coupla corrections, probably due to my mumbling.

“At the moment that people give you the data, they have to be able to see how it fits into the data.”

how it fits in the larger picture… is what I thought I said, or wanted to, or tried to and mumbled.

You could call this “naturally occurring journalism.”

I think I said, “naturally occurring distributed journalism.” Anyway that’s what I meant.

“Marrying the energy of news to the bottom-up flow of citizen journalism is the sweet spot.”

My correct version: Marrying the discipline of news to the energy and bottom-up flow of citizen journalism is the sweet spot.

Sweet spot. Can’t you just say “best combination?”