Archive for the 'Participation' Category

Chicago Tribune tries the YourHub model of local

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

The trib launched a community site today, triblocal.com. It looks like what a newspaper thinks would work for the model of community participation, and in the write-up the Tribune gives the site they mention TribLocal takes its cues from YourHub. The article also includes choice phrases like “taking a tentative step into a brave new […]

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9 things I hope newspapers figure out about the internet in 2007

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

This list is aimed at online newspapers and the newsrooms that love them.

“Local” means it matters. Take advantage of it.
Newspapers harness and print tons of information. Do more with it.
There’s an amazing amount of information available in the community. It’s time to harness it, and then reward the community for participating.
If you’re not interacting with […]

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