Scott Rosenberg | |
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 Rosenberg at the Darknet book release party | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Queens, New York, US |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor, blogger, author |
| Notable credit(s) | Salon.com , The San Francisco Examiner |
| Spouse | Dayna Macy |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Scott Rosenberg (born 1959 in Queens, New York, is an American journalist, editor, blogger and non-fiction author. He was a co-founder of Salon Media Group and Salon.com and a relatively early participant in The WELL.
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Rosenberg's first book, Dreaming in Code , [1] appeared in 2007. It offers a detailed perspective on collaboration and massive software endeavors, particularly the open source calendar application Chandler (PIM).
His writings at Salon.com , The San Francisco Examiner and elsewhere have ranged from theatre and film criticism to technology reporting and political commentary.
In 2009, he published a book on the history of blogging, Say Everything. [2]
In 2010, Rosenberg founded MediaBugs.org, a "service for reporting specific, correctable errors and problems in media coverage". In an interview, he explains: "We'll try to alert the journalists or news organization involved about your report and bring them into a conversation," which may get the error corrected. It is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of their News Challenge. [3] In September 2012, at the end of the funding period, he stated in a blog post: "Much of the public sees media-outlet accuracy failures as 'not our problem.' The journalists are messing up, they believe, and it's the journalists' job to fix things." [4]
