Comments on: Gannett steps into the future http://rhetorica.net/archives/5886.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/5886.html/comment-page-1#comment-4834 acline Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:20:31 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5886#comment-4834 Tracy-- You are quite right that there's much to work out. And I too hope that this doesn't simply become a way to save money on labor. Tracy– You are quite right that there’s much to work out. And I too hope that this doesn’t simply become a way to save money on labor.

]]> By: tracy abeln http://rhetorica.net/archives/5886.html/comment-page-1#comment-4833 tracy abeln Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:09:40 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5886#comment-4833 I have mixed feelings about the transition period, since they are proposing using citizens to do what citizen-journalists have traditionally done - work. Was there any mention of compensation other than the "thrill" of a byline? After all, the "point" still seems to be keeping shareholders happy with profit. ah: "The compensation is usually far less than what an employee might make for performing the same service." With the Fort Meyers sewer scandal they outline, it's interesting to see people "getting excited" and involved, but it will be fun to watch the ebb and flow of that kind of involvement-interest. Also, editors are going to have a lot wider pool of talent and skill to comb through. You have to determine that your contributors are reliable and determine their biases. Also, the <a href="http://www.ljworld.com/">Lawrence Journal-World</a> (Lawrence, Kan.) has had this kind of super-integrated "news" room for a while, with print and broadcast together and lots of citizen input. I have mixed feelings about the transition period, since they are proposing using citizens to do what citizen-journalists have traditionally done – work. Was there any mention of compensation other than the “thrill” of a byline?

After all, the “point” still seems to be keeping shareholders happy with profit.

ah: “The compensation is usually far less than what an employee might make for performing the same service.”

With the Fort Meyers sewer scandal they outline, it’s interesting to see people “getting excited” and involved, but it will be fun to watch the ebb and flow of that kind of involvement-interest.

Also, editors are going to have a lot wider pool of talent and skill to comb through. You have to determine that your contributors are reliable and determine their biases.

Also, the Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, Kan.) has had this kind of super-integrated “news” room for a while, with print and broadcast together and lots of citizen input.

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