Save the Media

Happy 2010, readers! Wow. We survived what was quite the troubling year in journalism, and, I think, really, that journalism is better for it. Yes, there’s been too many layoffs, pay cuts, buyouts. But I think the economic woes have forced news organizations to rethink how they gather and deliver news — and that’s a [...]

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 [...]