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‘My blog is a way to pitch stories for the newspaper’

The Beatbloggers - a group of US journalists experimenting with using social networking tools such as Facebook, Google groups, blogs and Twitter in their reporting - have posted an interview with New York Times writer Brian Stelter. He talks particularly about how writing a blog differs from writing a print story. This is a subject that's come up a lot in conversation recently with journalists and journalists-in-training, so I thought I'd post some of his comments here.
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A beatblogging success story

A nice story from one of the Beatbloggers about how using social networks - advertising that you're interested in hearing from residents of a community - can work a treat for rustling up stories. This is from US reporter Daniel Victor, who writes for the Patriot-News (Pennsylvania):
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Using games to tell the news

The Beat Bloggers - a group of US journalists who are experimenting with using social networks in newsgathering - have posted about using games to tell the news. This might sound a little odd at first but it soon starts to make sense - it's another way of engaging readers and letting them have their say about what's going on in the world. The post points to a game that ReadWriteWeb has been running:
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Wired uses Facebook group for science reporting

Wired science reporter Alex Madrigal is interviewed about his exploits so far in beat blogging.
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Reporting through social networks throws up tech challenges

More from the beat blogging experiment, which involves 12 reporters in various US newsrooms using social networks and blogs in their reporting.
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