I interviewed CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and DC bureau chief David Bohrman for a Wired News story about how "The Situation Room" integrates internet tech and viewpoints:
In January 2000, Bohrman left an earlier stint at CNN for Pseudo, which was known at the time for surreal, Warholian mega-parties that defined the Silicon Alley scene.
"The party stuff was interesting, but what lasted is that we defined a new form of participatory programming that fused TV and internet," Bohrman told Wired News. "That's what I brought back with me when I returned."
(…) Newly appointed CNN President Jonathan Klein, who joined the network that same month, later asked Bohrman to help him revamp the network's daytime roster with those election-season tech lessons in mind.
"OK, let's bring on the bloggers," Bohrman recalled thinking at the time. "But what became apparent after a few of those is that putting bloggers on TV to talk about bloggers blogging on blogs doesn't work. The whole reason they're blogging is because they're not on TV. I said OK, gimme a week, and I'll come up with something."
