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June 14, 2007 11:25 AM PDT

Welcome To Media Sphere

by Josh Wolf
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After Matt Smith at the SF Weeklyfirst reported on this project last week, a broad swath of engaging questions about this endeavor began to spring up. While I don?t have all the answers quite just yet, I think this would be a good opportunity to disavow those merit-less suspicions that festered after I tried to talk about this blog without revealing anything prematurely. So here goes:

Media Sphere is a semi-daily blog focused on the state of the media - both the alternative and mainstream press and everything in between. As a part of the new CNET Blog Network Media Sphere will be home to both original news and commentary on this landscape which is clearly in flux and heading towards uncertainty. Contrary to some of the thoughts percolating on the Internet, Media Sphere is not underwritten by a ?secret sponsor?, and will in no way be a smokescreen for guerrilla marketing endeavors. I have absolutely no plans to comment or review commercial products as a means to appease corporate sponsors and I vow to disclose any such agreements openly on the blog.

For those that don?t know who I am, my name is Josh Wolfand I recently spent a bit of time behind bars for upholding my ethics as a journalist. I?ve been an independent journalist and videoblogger for some time and am looking forward to using this forum as a means to help ignite a conversation around media literacy, and explore what the future holds.

Josh Wolf is a journalist, an activist, and a life-long troublemaker. Having spent 226 days in jail to protect his work product, he knows first hand that a free press doesn't come cheap. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET.
Recent posts from Media Sphere
If MobLogic is journalism, does that make Lindsay Campbell a journalist?
CNN tracks Ashley Dupre's social networking activity and provides full report
Online protest rallies free-speech supporters around the globe
March 12 recognized as Online Free Expression Day
Google search reveals plagiarism by columnist and White House aide
Clinton snubs journalists at University of Washington
Britney ban at Enterprise-Record extended another month
A Chico newspaper decides to "leave Britney alone"
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Awesome blog
by willow0285 June 14, 2007 5:22 PM PDT
Congrats on the blog! It's great to see that you're "moving on up" in the blogging world, and getting recognized by Cnet is a big accomplishment. Keep up the good work, and stay out of trouble.
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Smart Move
by JustinSimonsen June 14, 2007 6:39 PM PDT
I look forward to following your blog here and feel this is just the beginning of a long and rewarding journey.
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About Media Sphere

Josh Wolf first became interested in the power of the press after writing and distributing a screed against his high school's new dress code. Within a short time, the new dress code was abandoned, and ever since then he's been getting his hands dirty deconstructing the media every step of the way. Wolf recently became the longest-incarcerated journalist for contempt of court in U.S. history after he spent 226 days in federal prison for his refusal to cooperate. In Media sphere, Josh shares his daily insights on the developing information landscape and examines how various corporate and governmental actions effect the free press both in the United States and abroad.

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