PJNet macht auf einen Artikel in der der N.Y. Times aufmerksam, welcher das Phänomen des sogenannten Citizen-Journalism unter die Lupe nimmt: Beispiel ist unter anderen die Zeitung The News & Record:

In this world, "Get me rewrite" will in effect be a menu option, a way for unhappy readers to go online and offer their own versions of articles they do not like. Their hope is to convert the paper, through its Web site, www.news-record.com, into a virtual town square, where citizens have a say in the news and where every reader is a reporter.

This feature, part of a planned overhaul of The News & Record's Web site that is to begin next week, is a potent symbol of a transformation taking place across the country, where top-down, voice-of-God journalism is being challenged by what is called participatory journalism, or civic or citizen journalism.

Vollständiger Artikel von Katharine Q. Seelye: Why Newspapers Are Betting on Audience Participation.

[Via: PJNet Today]