Amen to this (from the BuzzMachine):

…a new Golden Rule of Links in journalism – link unto others’ good stuff as you would have them link unto your good stuff. This emerges from blogging etiquette but is exactly contrary to the old, competitive ways of news organizations: wasting now-precious resources matching competitors’ stories so you could say you’d done it yourself. That must change. This ethic of the link will become all the more important as news organizations pare down to their essence. I’ve said often that they will have to do what they do best and link to the rest. And I believe that it will become important for us to link to our sources and influences – as well as transcripts and additional reporting – to show readers how we arrived where we have in a story. When I was last in London, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger called this footnoting a story.

I haven’t read Jeff Jarvis in quite a while; his output is sometimes overwhelming. But I realize I’m missing something. In another piece, he touches on the idea of public service as a platform, as well:

In the UK, I have suggested – naively, I know – that the BBC should provide that platform for all news efforts (professional and amateur). Isn’t that a proper definition of public-service publishing?

This is part of an emerging and very promising line of debate.

Related (in Norwegian): Allmennkringkasting: visjoner tyter fram.