There are countless versions of the future being posed by those who hope to profit when it arrives and those who are selling it today. Howard Rheingold is one such individual. Rheingold said the responsibility of spreading the doctrine of the digital revolution lies primarily in the hands of the journalist. So far, he said, that task has been largely unfulfilled.
Every journalist needs to be an evangelist.
He does, however, give a spell-binding sermon. Resplendent in a red jacket, purple pants, yellow shirt and hand painted Doc Martins boots, Rheingold wears his idiosyncrasies on his sleeve. Rheingold is a calm eye in the tornado of hype that is blowing down the status-quo of journalism. The newspaper is not going to go away. Although the medium is different, Rheingold said that fundamental tenements of journalism remain the same.