Thursday, February 26th, 2009
What journalists can learn from readers, railroads and libraries
Time for short takes — my best bets from surfing the blogosphere:
Community-directed reporting: Daniel Victor, of the Harrisburg Patriot-News, is experimenting with using readers as assigning editors of sorts: He’ll solicit story ideas from readers as blog comments, and then let other readers vote on which stories he’ll pursue next. It’s a novel idea, and [...]
I'm Gina Chen, a 20-year veteran newspaper journalist who is studying for a communications Ph.D. I want to see journalism survive. I believe news organizations need to embrace new media, change their thinking, improve their content and innovate. Read more about me 
