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By: Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:46:27 +0000

Don’t know how I missed this post the first time around. Great stuff.
You bring up a lot of the points that we’ve discussed in our planning of TucsonSentinel.com.
We believe that the basic issues are trust and transparency. If media were more transparent about how often they use a press release as the basis of a story, that wouldn’t be so common.
If we didn’t fall for PR stunts, and called “newsmakers” on their lies, we’d be serving the reader better. Revealing the motivation of those whose comments are cited in stories would be at the very least more honest, and make for better reporting.
Admitting that news orgs don’t exist in a vacuum, and that other sites just might be doing worthwhile journalism of their own is a step that not too many have been willing to take. But doing so can not only increase the level of transparency, it can add valuable context to your own reporting.
Why’s transparency so important?
If we’re to be useful for our readers, we’ve got to be perceived as reliable. The more open and honest we are about the process of reporting, the more likely readers are to read and use the info we present.
Success in the interactive age is about converting a dwindling pool of passive readers to a community of engaged users. Communities require trust and openness.

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Dan Gillmor donne 22 conseils aux journalistes | Revolution80 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:31:38 +0000

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By: Kristin Gilger

Kristin Gilger — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:19:11 +0000

I think I’d like to work in your newsroom, Dan!

By: Nan Connolly

Nan Connolly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:46 +0000

Is Dan Gillmor for real? How crazy smart and focused is this guy?
Love the ‘no off the record.’ That’s the rule in my reporting class (undergrads) and they resist at first. People love to gossip and that is what a lot of this is. Just say no. You are too busy to listen to stuff you cannot use.
You also might get your hands tied – hard to prove to source that you already knew that nuggest before they confided. Now you are muzzled.
Sports reporters love off the record. Why is that? Need the whole nine yards or too close to sources?
Nan Connolly
Adjunct instructor
UCF Orlando

By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:15:19 +0000

Journalists don’t need to ask — critics are not shy about speaking — but they do need to listen.

By: jerry ceppos

jerry ceppos — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:01 +0000

Dan–Another great list. But I’d also add: LIsten to critics, As I wrote recently in the San Jose Mercury News, do journalists even ask critics, especially conservative critics, exactly what bothers them? Is it headlines? Is it story selection? Is it loaded words? Do we even know why so many conservatives feel that they have lost their voices? (I am hoping that, like Nixon when he opened up China, my liberal credentials will give me some credibility.)

By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:27:36 +0000

Lots of orgs will try lots of revenue experiments, and we’ll all use the ones that work. I’d personally be inclined to pay for something that used many or most of these thoughts… but then I would say that, wouldn’t I?