Inauguration 2.0

Today's medianote comes from an Associated Press story about the large role that online and wireless media played in Barack Obama's presidential inauguration yesterday. It turned out to be much more than a simple streaming of the festivities over the web. Among other things, President Obama pulled out his Blackberry and sent a text message over Twitter to supporters.

Questions for the MC101s were...

•Is there a reason for television news to exist?
•Do social networking sites have a role to play in making big news events into more of a shared experience?
•Will journalism become more interactive and, if so, in what ways?