Rosen creates social network beat reporting experiment

Posted by Evan Fell on November 16, 2007 at 12:46 PM

Jay Rosen has been recruiting 12 beat reporters from different news organizations for his beat reporting with social network experiment. He said, “Maybe a beat reporter could do a way better job if there was a “live” social network connected to the beat, made up of people who know the territory the beat covers, and want the reporting on that beat to be better.”

Here is the first group of recruits. He may announce a few more after Thanksgiving.

Houston Chronicle, with Eric Berger doing a reported blog about science.

Star-Ledger of Newark, with Ed Silverman news blogging on the pharmaceutical industry .

Wired.com, with Eliot Van Buskirk, reporter, beat blogger and columnist on digital music.

Dallas Morning News, with Kent Fischer on the Dallas public schools beat, joined by Tawnell Hobbs

Cincinnati Enquirer, with Keith Reed reporting on Procter & Gamble.

ESPN.com, with Henry Abbott covering NBA basketball, blog-style.

Education Week’s Digital Directions, with Michelle Davis on technology in the K-12 classroom.

News-Press of Ft. Myers, Florida, with a statewide child welfare beat by a reporter yet to be named.

San Jose Mercury News with Matt Nauman on energy and “green” tech.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, PA with Daniel Victor covering the town of Hershey, PA.

MTV News with Stephen Totilo on video games and their makers.

Chronicle of Higher Education with Brad Wolverton on the business of college sports, nationwide.

Seattle Times with Brier Dudley covering Northwest technology companies.

The beats will all operate independently, all reporters will decide on their own which course to follow. Rosen will test his experiment for a year.

Source : CyberJournalist.net
For more information on this project see Pressthink by Jay Rosen

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