Comments on: Why newspapers shouldn’t die

By: Interesting Idea | sassafrassin.com

Interesting Idea | sassafrassin.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:38:15 +0000

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By: Dan Gillmor

Dan Gillmor — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:10:15 +0000

Doc, thanks for the link. Here are pointers to two long-ago postings where I amplified each of those points: Newspapers: Open Your Archives -- title speaks for itself. Where Newspapers Can Start the Conversation -- turning the editorial pages into the community conversation space.

By: Andrew Leyden

Andrew Leyden — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:19:46 +0000

“but it can highlight what people care about and help the community have a conversation that is civil and useful.”

Go read the comments section of the Washington Post or any of the political stories in Digg. Those conversations are neither civil or useful.

related: There was an interesting fight at the Post between the folks who handled “letters to the editor” and had a very strict policy on name verification and publication rules, and the guys at WashPost.com who had an ‘internet’ view of ‘let everyone jump in in any form’. I still read the letters to the editor. I long ago abandoned their comments pages.

By: Newspapers: Don’t Give Up Yet! | How We Know Us

Newspapers: Don’t Give Up Yet! | How We Know Us — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:00:34 +0000

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By: Charles Frith

Charles Frith — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:14:04 +0000

Letters to the editor, radio phone in shows, town criers were all participatory media firsts.

By: Hanan Cohen

Hanan Cohen — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:03:50 +0000

In other words, move “letters to the editor” to the front page?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:16:08 +0000

A community based around news. I like it. There could be all kinds of sub-communities based around categories, subjects, and individual stories.