Curating the Web
In an age that threatens information overload, do bloggers, publishers and content writers have a new role as curators of the web?
Is curation the new black? Everything you need to know about web curating in 5 minutes t.co/4bPECrE- Curating the web: "What the Internet has done to the field of journalism, it will do to the practice of curation" tinyurl.com/4d9a4ck
What is content curation and why is it so important for the future of web content publishers? The content curator is the next emerging disruptive role in the content creation and distribution chain. In a world submerged by a flood of information, content curators may provide in the coming months and years a new, tremendously valuable service to anyone looking for quality information online: a personalized, qualified selection of the best and most relevant content and resources on a very specific topic or theme.
Link: http://www.masternewmedia.org/content-curation-why-is-the-content-curator-the-key-emerging-online-editorial-role-of-the-future/#ixzz1DBE1oTVI
"Twitter has become a way to build an effective and interesting team of personal content curators, who comb the Web for interesting, insightful, valuable and entertaining content"
Read more: Twitter: Digital Content Curator | Mark Evans Tech
Steve Rosenbaum: "Separating the wheat from the chaff, assigning editorial weight, and -- most importantly - giving folks who don't want to spend their lives looking for an editorial needle in a haystack a high-quality collection of content that is contextual and coherent. It's what we always expected from our media, and now they've got the tools to do it better."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/can-curation-save-media-2009-4#ixzz1DB8UwJAz
The Role of Curation in Developing and Transmitting News - A new frontier of opportunity is in the ways news is bein... ow.ly/1bcItl
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