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November 6, 2006
Gannett steps into the future
It's only right that Gannett should be the one to step into the future by 1) re-thinking the newsroom and 2) bringing citizens into the process. After all, it was Gannett that played a big role in damaging print journalism with the introduction of USA Today--the paper that convinced print it should be like TV. Perhaps this new "crowdsourcing" project will make up for that.
From the article in Wired:
The initiative emphasizes four goals: Prioritize local news over national news; publish more user-generated content; become 24-7 news operations, in which the newspapers do less and the websites do much more; and finally, use crowdsourcing methods to put readers to work as watchdogs, whistle-blowers and researchers in large, investigative features.
I like the sound of that. Now, what needs to happen is a re-thinking of the appliances that citizens will use to "read" and produce journalism. I'm thinking the computer and the home theater need to become a single appliance.
Posted by acline at November 6, 2006 10:07 AM | | Spotlight