Sulzberger: We must invest in our newsrooms
From a Nieman conference on Public Interest Journalism: Winner or Loser in the On-Line Era comes a transcript of a conversation with New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
From a Nieman conference on Public Interest Journalism: Winner or Loser in the On-Line Era comes a transcript of a conversation with New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Food for thought from BusinessWeek, a US publication experimenting with involving readers in magazine issues from conception through publication and subsequent debate. "[The idea] is to reinvent journalism as a process that involves the reader in the front end, to advocate story ideas; in the middle, to inform the reporting of a story; and in the end, to expand on the conversation a story creates. That latter conversation is not a letter-to-the-editor monologue, but rather a dialogue between the professional writers and the audience."
Monday, January 28, 2008
I posted the other day about Radio NZ adding news feeds on Twitter, which I think is a great move. There are quite a few US and UK news feeds available, but as far as I'm aware RNZ is the only New Zealand news organisation providing feeds to the Twitterati. So well done them.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
British regional paper The Lancashire Evening Post has added monthly surveys on hot issues like local environmentalism and trasnport to boost reader engagement on its website.
Monday, January 21, 2008
The Telegraph in London from time to time invites guests in to respond to questions set by readers. The most recent was BBC director-general Mark Thompson.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
AP announces the launch of Ask AP, where readers can ask questions about the stories that interest them. "AP editors will choose some of the questions sent in by readers like you and get answers from AP reporters and editors — the people who spend their days covering the very issues you're curious about," the news organisation says on Yahoo.
Friday, December 7, 2007
The LA Times has launched a Readers' Representative blog which responds to readers' questions about how it covers stories and why - both on a general level and on specific stories.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The Guardian has added a feature where registered users can keep a clippings file on the site (it replaces their Saved Stories feature).
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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