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The last independent tech news brand

Paul Pulcrano of SV411.com profiles tech journalist Robert Scoble, founder of Scobleizer, who calls himself the last independent tech journalist in the country.

Pulcrano writes, “‘I always try to have a first-row seat on technology — and have something to say about what it means,’ Scoble says.

“‘I’m one of the last independent tech brands. Most of the other independents have turned into corporate brands, like TechCrunch or ReadWrite or GigaOm. Om Malik started a blog and turned that into a company. I never have turned into a company. It’s just me and my blog and my Twitter feed and my Facebook and my LinkedIn and Google Plus and Flipboard.’

“Modern digital journalism can be a paradox. While he acknowledges the phenomenon of endlessly reposted factual mistakes, Scoble sees the benefits of crowdsourced journalism that leverages the collective brain. ‘I came along in the blogging world, and very quickly I realized the audience was smarter than I was. The audience helped me write my stories. Take the plane crash on Saturday here at SFO. In my comment stream was a guy who was on the plane and a guy who shot the plane that crashed in the Hudson and some pilots who have jet experience. By commenting they’re adding on to the story. They’re either correcting stuff that you got wrong or adding on to the understanding or sharing facts.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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