Brewed Fresh Daily

"Mainstream journalists want to maintain their objectivity and above all their independence. In the past this meant being the gatekeepers. They see themselves as the professionals who demand firewalls not only internally, but also externally. Indeed, when it comes to the letting the public in, they have almost a fortress mentality. The public journalism reform movement illustrated how deeply entrenched that mindset was and is....Today through self-publishing tools like weblogs, the public is battering away at that fortress and forming its own information portals."