Tweet(This is Part 1 of a three-part series on crowdsourcing. Read Part 2 for specific examples of ways the crowd can be responsibly deployed, and Part 3 for a defense of the underlying principles of it.) Last week, my newspaper said goodbye to nine journalists, a combined 227 years of experience between them. In the …
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TweetI consider Spot Us, which launched today, to be one of the more important news experiments out there right now. For those just hearing of it now: The site, dreamed up and guided by the brilliant David Cohn, shares editorial power with the community. It can begin with a story pitch by a journalist, or …
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TweetA simple task every reporter has to deal with: Brainstorming story ideas. In this case, I needed to seek out a little-known charity or organization to feature. Instead of sitting around and hoping a good idea popped into my head, or maybe e-mailing a source or two and crossing my fingers, I put my question …
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TweetHere’s a nice story by Laurie White for the American journalism Review: All the News That’s Fit to Tweet. Scroll down about halfway and you’ll see me quoted in this story about reporters who use Twitter. Daniel Victor (@bydanielvictor), a reporter at the Harrisburg Patriot-News, says he was originally a Twitter skeptic, but is now …
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Tweet(For more on ONA08 as it’s happening, check for Tweets here. And I’ll be updating Twitter myself throughout the day. This is a quick, non-exhaustive recap as I don’t have much time before I need to catch my metro.) Among the bloggers/Twitter users I’ve long talked to or read online and finally got to meet …
Thursday at the Online News Association conference: “I think I’m following you” Read More »
Tweet(This is my contribution to the Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists blogring of young journalists. Our topic this month was to review our local newspaper’s Web site — but seeing as I work for the local newspaper and I am not dumb, I decided to switch papers with Meranda Watling, who has the same problem and …
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TweetSomeone recently asked me if I’ve come across any future business models for journalism that I felt passionate about. My response: Hmm. Hmmmmmm. Um. Let me think here. Uh…Uh….No, I guess not. I could talk or blog up a storm about the innovative new content that news organizations need to provide, or the innovative ways …
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TweetTen years down the road, beatblogging is going to be much more important to the news organization than it is now as we’re in the primitive stages of trying to figure it out. I see it as the future band-aid, if not the solution, to the epidemic of emaciating staff resources. Let’s first acknowledge that …
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TweetI’ve been struck by an idea, and I hate keeping ideas to myself. Especially with fun communication toys like blogs and Twitter so easily available. But I’m very enthusiastic about this idea, and I think it might be best presented through the Knight News Challenge, which offers moola to ideas that will push journalism forward. …
TweetAccording to a news release from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, local residents would “welcome John McCain to Harrisburg by unveiling a new video called ‘Jobs’ at a press event.” As the reporter who covers local Obama events and issues, I was dispatched. I quickly realized it wasn’t much of a story. The room consisted of …