Somebody just brought up the point that the majority of the people in the room at WeMedia are from 'Big Media' and the big issue is the new wave of media from the people. So where are the people? Are they part of this discussion, this conference? Nope. That's what makes events like BlogHer so great...the attendees are the people.

Another attendee, Mike Orren with Pegasus News just stated, "There is still this notion that we speak, then they converse." We, being media, they being the readers.

A friend pointed out it's somewhat arrogant for a room full of 'big' media folks to talk about how citizen's media will work. I wonder what J.D. is thinking...he's in the front row.

Mitch Glaser - The reality is that the majority of 'local' papers aren't owned by local people, they're part of a large corporation. That's why many of these hyperlocal sites are successful. They're run by somebody that is truly local.

Update: Mitch has more to say over at MediaShift.

Thanks to the audience taking control of their media experience and creating their own media in blogs, podcasts, video and social networks, the people who are losing control have decided to meet — and meet, and meet again — until they figure out how they can take back some control of this uncontrollable situation.

Update 2: Jeremiah is attending his first conference that mixes traditional with social media. Read his thoughts.

This was one of my first dunk into a conference focused on the intersection of “traditional press/media” and “social media”.

There was quite a bit of confusion from this group, which was primarily journalists and folks from media. They don’t know how to fit, they don’t know what to do.