http://steveouting.com/2008/03/14/trying-out-intense-debate/ Journalist, consultant, entrepreneur ... Musings on digital media, Web 2.0/3.0, & news in the Internet era Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://steveouting.com/2008/03/14/trying-out-intense-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4231 Jerry W. Lewis Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:35:48 +0000 http://www.steveouting.com/trying-out-intense-debate.html#comment-4231 I agree with you that there might be a better name for Citizen Journalism, but whatever it is, newspapers have to become much better at involving their readers beyond the typical letter to the editor. More need to integrate more robust comment tools, since already, that is becoming a very good way to generate traffic into their sites. I've also been watching the Examiner's web sites, particularly in Denver, where Anschutz is attempting to create a virtual newspaper presence, perhaps testing the waters for an actual print product. Maybe I missed it, but even your Editor and Publisher column does not have a good comment tool, just a link to send a letter to the editor. So here is the magazine covering the newspaper industry, already lagging the community-building of most blogs. I agree with you that there might be a better name for Citizen Journalism, but whatever it is, newspapers have to become much better at involving their readers beyond the typical letter to the editor. More need to integrate more robust comment tools, since already, that is becoming a very good way to generate traffic into their sites. I've also been watching the Examiner's web sites, particularly in Denver, where Anschutz is attempting to create a virtual newspaper presence, perhaps testing the waters for an actual print product. Maybe I missed it, but even your Editor and Publisher column does not have a good comment tool, just a link to send a letter to the editor. So here is the magazine covering the newspaper industry, already lagging the community-building of most blogs.

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