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Citizen journalism: who’s problem?

Tuesday | April 20, 2004 | 1:13 pm  

Over at Small Initiative, Jay’s got a fun little series on The problem with citizen journalism.

Essentially, if you let folks rate/rank stories, sometimes some real stinkers float to the top.

That begs the question, is the problem with the citizens, or the journalism?

Comments

Micro Persuasion May 4th, 2004 | Link to this comment |

The Impact on PR When Reader Clicks Prioritize News Stories

I stumbled across a personalized news service called memigo, which ranks news stories based on the clicks and recommendations of registered users. They also have an RSS feed. Be sure to check out their list of rejected stories and best

Gina August 25th, 2004 | Link to this comment |

Aw, shucks, Chris,
We can’t be serious all the time. Methinks journalists in general take themselves way, way too seriously.

Marina August 30th, 2004 | Link to this comment |

collecting information, that is really interesting and informative is a hard and responsible
job. really, the journalists are the “warriors” in the struggle for being the most popular and
truthful news getters.

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