US: NYT to up inclusion of citizen media
At the same conference, IAC chief Barry Diller mirrored his colleague's comments, saying that amateur material would certainly play a role in his company's content, but that it is not feasible to consider that citizen journalism will ever take the place of the work done by professionals.
Sulzberger's announcement comes at a time when more major publishers are opening themselves up to their communities. Gannett, the US' biggest newspaper publisher is currently undergoing a major renovations of its newsrooms to adapt to Web 2.0, one of the main features being the expansion of citizen journalism.
But management at some companies are still skeptical as to how they are going to produce revenues from reader contributions. The Newspaper Association of America writes an article trumpeting the practice of getting closer with readers and gives the best examples of the papers that are experimenting with the citizen journalism model.
Sources: TechWorld.nl, NAA
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Including comment from the readers is interesting and VERY valid. This is where the heart of teh paper lies, with its readers and how they feel and assimilate the world around them.
Sometimes their comment is more valid, given that they are not writing for their colleagues and other aditorial people or what other newspapers might think of their articles