Idea for 'populist' blog
A recent study by The Readership Institute says that a key to forging stronger bonds with younger and more diverse newspaper readers is "showing news can be fun and engaging and interactive." To that end, The Institute has developed an idea for a "populist" Weblog that is moderated by experts (i.e. journalists) but leaves most of the conversation to journalists. It's a combination of selected news posts with commentary, and interactive features and the target is 18-34-year-olds who like to discuss current events.
Among the interactive features included in the idea:
• Readers forecast outcomes to current issues or events.
• Readers predict ideas and products that will become mainstream.
• Readers put themselves in the shoes of political, judicial, business, sports or
cultural decision-makers who currently face a tough issue. What would they
decide and why?
• Readers untwist the spin of the day/week.
The best of this Weblog would then be run daily in the print newspaper.
You can read more about the blog idea here.
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2 comments about 'Idea for 'populist' blog'typo.
" moderated by experts (i.e. journalists) but leaves most of the conversation to journalists."?
feel free to delete this comment...
Posted by Anna at October 14, 2004 12:39 PM
Weblog that is moderated by experts (i.e. journalists) but leaves most of the conversation to journalists.
---> Weblog that is moderated by experts (i.e. journalists) but leaves most of the conversation to the public. ?!?
Posted by base at October 21, 2004 2:00 PM
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