Lex update
Comments and responses are coming in on Lex's report for us. Check PressThink, Ed Cone, Hogg's Blog, Gate City, TheShu and maybe others. Thanks for all your ideas and support.
Lex met with several of us here last night, and we talked through the points. Now, we're in the process of determining what our technology will allow, what our staffing will allow, and what we want to do first. We will be ambitious. After listening to the locals, reading Jay Rosen's Top 10 Ideas and "We the Media" by Dan Gillmor, we must.
As we build this town square of participatory journalism, we intend to be open about it, letting you know where we are in the process often, asking for your suggestions and thoughts, and involving you as best we can.
Comments (4)
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Any plans to cover this process in the print paper? Jay Rosen says it's national news.
Maybe a link to the memo should go on the N&R home page as a news item or special feature, for those who don't (yet) click to the blogs?
Posted on January 5, 2005 12:29 PM
Heck, you know newspapers don't cover themselves very well.:) I don't actually agree with Jay that it's national news, but news judgment is certainly subjective. In any case, I am planning to cover it in a column. (Problem about writing a newspaper news story about it is that, well, we haven't actually DONE anything yet.)
Posted on January 5, 2005 8:16 PM
Although I like the link idea. Will tend to that tomorrow. Thanks, Ed.
Posted on January 5, 2005 8:18 PM
I think it's national news, too. I live in Iowa, have been involved in community journalism for 30 years, and find this report to be one of the most exciting ideas to come around the bend in a long time. 2004 was a defining year for blogs and I think 2005 could be even bigger. The trouble with newspapers these days is that people no longer take ownership in them the way they once did. This proposal would put the power of the media back into the hands of the people. More importantly, it could serve as a model for community news operations in locales no longer big enough to support a separate newspaper. I'll be watching with great interest. Congratulations.
Posted on January 6, 2005 12:02 AM