http://journalistopia.com/2007/01/17/washington-post-on-the-backfence-meltdown/ A world for online journalists. Come all ye scribes, artists and innovators of the press. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://journalistopia.com/2007/01/17/washington-post-on-the-backfence-meltdown/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Invisible Inkling » Blog Archive » Why Citizen Shovelware doesn’t work Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:15:01 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2007/01/17/washington-post-on-the-backfence-meltdown/#comment-934 [...] Danny Sanchez serves up the call to action: “Make no mistake: If the local newspaper doesn’t get hip and develop an online community (and that doesn’t just mean snarky message board minions), they will eventually face someone who will. And it will then become a choice of bearing another spirited online competitor or spending the bucks to buy them out.” [...] [...] Danny Sanchez serves up the call to action: “Make no mistake: If the local newspaper doesn’t get hip and develop an online community (and that doesn’t just mean snarky message board minions), they will eventually face someone who will. And it will then become a choice of bearing another spirited online competitor or spending the bucks to buy them out.” [...]

]]> http://journalistopia.com/2007/01/17/washington-post-on-the-backfence-meltdown/comment-page-1/#comment-930 tish grier Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:49:52 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2007/01/17/washington-post-on-the-backfence-meltdown/#comment-930 Danny....your last paragraph is some of the best advice for newspapers out there. How and why so many can't get with the idea that troll-happy message boards are not online community is a mystery to me. Then again, from what I understand from folks I know in the biz, hiring a savvy moderator often isn't a line item in already stretched budgets (when that's exactly what's needed.) Danny….your last paragraph is some of the best advice for newspapers out there. How and why so many can’t get with the idea that troll-happy message boards are not online community is a mystery to me. Then again, from what I understand from folks I know in the biz, hiring a savvy moderator often isn’t a line item in already stretched budgets (when that’s exactly what’s needed.)

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