Comments on: Gary Vaynerchuk bares his passion — for communities http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/ 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 By: Kathleen Lisson http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-28812 Kathleen Lisson Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:11:10 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/#comment-28812 You are 100% right! Kathleen Lisson You are 100% right!
Kathleen Lisson

]]> By: Danny Sanchez http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-28719 Danny Sanchez Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:25:31 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/#comment-28719 Yes, that's one of the roles that columnists in particular play. It's a funciton that folks like Mike Royko, Connie Shultz and Jimmy Breslin played well: serving as an advocate for readers and being "in touch" with them. We need to apply some of those same principles online in the site's forums, with the content readers create and much more. Yes, that’s one of the roles that columnists in particular play. It’s a funciton that folks like Mike Royko, Connie Shultz and Jimmy Breslin played well: serving as an advocate for readers and being “in touch” with them.

We need to apply some of those same principles online in the site’s forums, with the content readers create and much more.

]]> By: Leslie-Jean Thornton http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-28696 Leslie-Jean Thornton Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:55:32 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2008/02/29/gary-vaynerchuk-bares-his-passion-for-communities/#comment-28696 Remember when that function was served by editors? Reporters? Even publishers. They were in the heart -- there's that connection to passion again -- of the community. You know -- back when credibility was rated a lot higher, too. I don't fault the journalists involved. They've been adapting to continually lessened resources for so long that the "passionate" and "involved" model is hard to find. Remember when that function was served by editors? Reporters? Even publishers. They were in the heart — there’s that connection to passion again — of the community. You know — back when credibility was rated a lot higher, too. I don’t fault the journalists involved. They’ve been adapting to continually lessened resources for so long that the “passionate” and “involved” model is hard to find.

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