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10 things that could go into a community engagement editor’s job description

This Nieman Lab post about Voice of San Diego‘s search for an “engagement editor” got me thinking about all the things somebody in that kind of position could do — and just how far the potential extends. OK, sure, they’d … Continue reading

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The news as food: An analogy for the citizen journalism debate

Jay Rosen recently interviewed Dirck Halstead, editor and publisher of The Digital Journalist, about that publication’s December 2009 editorial, titled “Let’s Abolish ‘Citizen Journalists’.” Others have done a far better job than I can of addressing the editorial’s arguments (see … Continue reading

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