Comments on: The news as food: An analogy for the citizen journalism debate http://erikgable.com/2009/12/09/the-news-as-food-an-analogy-for-the-citizen-journalism-debate/ Personal site Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Will Merydith http://erikgable.com/2009/12/09/the-news-as-food-an-analogy-for-the-citizen-journalism-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Will Merydith Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:48:06 +0000 http://erikgable.com/?p=157#comment-26 I think your comparison is more on target. One of the elements I find missing from the whole citizen journalist vs. "professional" journalist discussions is an updated job description for journalist. I get the impression that most of the professional journalists ranting about citizen journalism have not updated their own job description to accurately reflect the times. I think your comparison is more on target.

One of the elements I find missing from the whole citizen journalist vs. “professional” journalist discussions is an updated job description for journalist. I get the impression that most of the professional journalists ranting about citizen journalism have not updated their own job description to accurately reflect the times.

]]> By: Michael Andersen http://erikgable.com/2009/12/09/the-news-as-food-an-analogy-for-the-citizen-journalism-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Michael Andersen Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:43 +0000 http://erikgable.com/?p=157#comment-25 Interesting point. Interesting point.

]]> By: Erik Gable http://erikgable.com/2009/12/09/the-news-as-food-an-analogy-for-the-citizen-journalism-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Erik Gable Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:19:38 +0000 http://erikgable.com/?p=157#comment-24 To practice quality control on those tomatoes, future newsrooms will probably need to have a greater proportion of editors -- people to pull together the disparate threads and make sure information is trustworthy. These editors will probably have a lot more contact with people outside the newsroom than they have now, putting more effort into creating the networks that will lead to more content (and, more to the point, more GOOD content) being submitted. To practice quality control on those tomatoes, future newsrooms will probably need to have a greater proportion of editors — people to pull together the disparate threads and make sure information is trustworthy. These editors will probably have a lot more contact with people outside the newsroom than they have now, putting more effort into creating the networks that will lead to more content (and, more to the point, more GOOD content) being submitted.

]]> By: Michael Andersen http://erikgable.com/2009/12/09/the-news-as-food-an-analogy-for-the-citizen-journalism-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Michael Andersen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:19:13 +0000 http://erikgable.com/?p=157#comment-22 I like the analogy, Erik. But to extend it: the independent local-food retailers I know seem to take a lot of care selecting their suppliers, making sure that whoever's tomatoes they're selling are up to snuff and won't damage their shop's brand. There's also the New Seasons model, where the shop brands the hell out of their partnerships with high-quality local farmers, then charge a premium for the warm fuzzies. I'm all for traditional news organizations opening up their storefronts. But in both cases, the question is whether there are enough of people growing quality tomatoes to make it worth their time to deal with them. Right? Or maybe the question is: how does a traditional news organization build a storefront that makes it sufficiently easy for lots of people to find it worthwhile to start growing and selling quality tomatoes? I like the analogy, Erik. But to extend it: the independent local-food retailers I know seem to take a lot of care selecting their suppliers, making sure that whoever’s tomatoes they’re selling are up to snuff and won’t damage their shop’s brand.

There’s also the New Seasons model, where the shop brands the hell out of their partnerships with high-quality local farmers, then charge a premium for the warm fuzzies.

I’m all for traditional news organizations opening up their storefronts. But in both cases, the question is whether there are enough of people growing quality tomatoes to make it worth their time to deal with them. Right?

Or maybe the question is: how does a traditional news organization build a storefront that makes it sufficiently easy for lots of people to find it worthwhile to start growing and selling quality tomatoes?

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