Comments on: How much more ‘social’ can the news get? http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/07/30/how-much-more-social-can-the-news-get/ Entrepreneurial journalism and what's next for news Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jamie Favreau http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/07/30/how-much-more-social-can-the-news-get/comment-page-1/#comment-10186 Jamie Favreau Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:45:55 +0000 http://www.journalism20.com/blog/?p=616#comment-10186 I meant http://www.uwemp.com I do agree... Quality content, from valid sources, will always over ride horrible content. There just needs to be a meeting point. Where all can survive. I meant http://www.uwemp.com

I do agree… Quality content, from valid sources, will always over ride horrible content.

There just needs to be a meeting point. Where all can survive.

]]> By: Graham Osteen http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/07/30/how-much-more-social-can-the-news-get/comment-page-1/#comment-10183 Graham Osteen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:16:31 +0000 http://www.journalism20.com/blog/?p=616#comment-10183 Good newspapers will continue to lead the way as the primary and most trusted providers of information if in the midst of this chaotic information revolution, we remain accountable, sensitive and responsive to the people of our communities. I think of it as “viral buzz” on your television, computer or cell phone versus talking with people in person and reporting on the daily life of a community under the local newspaper’s trusted brand name – in print and online. The (Sumter, S.C.) Item, for example, maintains a public trust that has been in existence for 115 years. We take that seriously, as have many generations of readers. Information is cheaper and more plentiful than ever, but a newspaper’s relationship with a community is built through the mutual experience of good times and bad. Like a family. At the same time, we must understand how more people – not all people – are getting information in new and different ways. We as journalists don’t have to be experts on it all, but we must know what questions to ask in order to satisfy the growing expectations of existing readers and to gain new readers. Good writing is at the heart of any successful publication, be it a newspaper, a novel, a blog or a screenplay. People will always respond to compelling stories and ideas. Good newspapers will continue to lead the way as the primary and most trusted providers of information if in the midst of this chaotic information revolution, we remain accountable, sensitive and responsive to the people of our communities.
I think of it as “viral buzz” on your television, computer or cell phone versus talking with people in person and reporting on the daily life of a community under the local newspaper’s trusted brand name – in print and online.
The (Sumter, S.C.) Item, for example, maintains a public trust that has been in existence for 115 years. We take that seriously, as have many generations of readers. Information is cheaper and more plentiful than ever, but a newspaper’s relationship with a community is built through the mutual experience of good times and bad. Like a family.
At the same time, we must understand how more people – not all people – are getting information in new and different ways. We as journalists don’t have to be experts on it all, but we must know what questions to ask in order to satisfy the growing expectations of existing readers and to gain new readers.
Good writing is at the heart of any successful publication, be it a newspaper, a novel, a blog or a screenplay. People will always respond to compelling stories and ideas.

]]> By: Jamie Favreau http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/07/30/how-much-more-social-can-the-news-get/comment-page-1/#comment-10154 Jamie Favreau Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:29:54 +0000 http://www.journalism20.com/blog/?p=616#comment-10154 http://www.uemp.com is another start up out of Detroit which is looking for collaboration as a way of doing journalism. http://detroit.fwix.com is a website which aggregates blogs to form the latest news. http://www.uemp.com
is another start up out of Detroit which is looking for collaboration as a way of doing journalism.

http://detroit.fwix.com is a website which aggregates blogs to form the latest news.

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