Interesting stuff I saw online, Mar. 30 to Apr. 20

April 20, 2009 by
Filed under: What I've Read

Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Mar. 30 through Apr. 20:

Chicago Tribune: Newspapers try to maintain civil, intelligent conversations with readers – News organizations increasingly are trying to figure out how to maintain conversations with readers while keeping the discourse civil and thoughtful. The reality is, love it or not, if readers aren't allowed to chat on your Web site, they'll simply go somewhere else to do it.
Listening to the Dot-Comments – washingtonpost.com – Doug Feaver, "writing in defense of the anonymous, unmoderated, often appallingly inaccurate, sometimes profane, frequently off point and occasionally racist reader comments that washingtonpost.com allows to be published at the end of articles and blogs." It's a wonderful column.
Leading your staff into the Twitterverse « Transforming the Gaz – Steve Buttry's beginner's list for journo-Twitterers: "This is the tip sheet I will suggest that editors read after the seminar. While this is geared for top newsroom leaders, some of the advice should be helpful to any journalists who are not experienced with Twitter."
10,000 Words' Landmark moments in citizen journalism – 10,000 Words: "Depending on whom you ask, citizen journalism is either pushing journalism forward or is unaccountable vigilantism. Either way, it is shaping the way we consume our news….The following is a timeline of events in which ordinary citizens shaped the news, followed by an analog description of each landmark moment."

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