Comments on: Credibility and copyrights in the new improved media http://inthefieldonline.net/blog/2006/08/09/credibility-and-copyrights-in-the-new-improved-media/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:52:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: erik http://inthefieldonline.net/blog/2006/08/09/credibility-and-copyrights-in-the-new-improved-media/comment-page-1/#comment-103 erik Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:46:00 +0000 http://inthefieldonline.net/blog/2006/08/09/credibility-and-copyrights-in-the-new-improved-media/#comment-103 I think something like that might be successful. I haven't thought the bigger picture through, and some more thought should be put into it. Getting some kind of collaborative environment between the blogosphere and the traditional media is certainly necessary. I think something like that might be successful. I haven’t thought the bigger picture through, and some more thought should be put into it. Getting some kind of collaborative environment between the blogosphere and the traditional media is certainly necessary.

]]> By: Steve http://inthefieldonline.net/blog/2006/08/09/credibility-and-copyrights-in-the-new-improved-media/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Steve Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:00:29 +0000 http://inthefieldonline.net/blog/2006/08/09/credibility-and-copyrights-in-the-new-improved-media/#comment-99 Erik, Could news companies commission a corps of citizen journalists that it gives basic training to and establishes content usage policies for? While a commissioned citizen journalist may not have the same content submission expectations as professional journalists -- and probably not the pay either, he or she could still check in with an editor on a regular basis. By commissioning a set of citizen journalists, the news organization could promise them more exposure (a byline, use of submitted content with articles or on programming, etc.) while establishing a set of rules for the use of submitted content. Would this help? Or would it limit the pool of citizen journalists too much? Erik,

Could news companies commission a corps of citizen journalists that it gives basic training to and establishes content usage policies for? While a commissioned citizen journalist may not have the same content submission expectations as professional journalists — and probably not the pay either, he or she could still check in with an editor on a regular basis. By commissioning a set of citizen journalists, the news organization could promise them more exposure (a byline, use of submitted content with articles or on programming, etc.) while establishing a set of rules for the use of submitted content. Would this help? Or would it limit the pool of citizen journalists too much?

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