Comments on: A new Montreal news source? http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/09/a-new-montreal-news-source/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate M. http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/09/a-new-montreal-news-source/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Kate M. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:20:33 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=510#comment-757 Frankly, they'll have to be pretty good to beat out Midnight Poutine, Metroblogging Montreal, and me. Frankly, they'll have to be pretty good to beat out Midnight Poutine, Metroblogging Montreal, and me.

]]> By: oniquet http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/09/a-new-montreal-news-source/comment-page-1/#comment-743 oniquet Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:13:27 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=510#comment-743 It is true that citizen journalism is not always useful. At <a href="http://www.centpapiers.com/" rel="nofollow">Cent Papiers</a>, we've had some great examples of what citizen journalism could be, but the majority of the articles couldn't have been written without the work of professional journalists. This is why we promote a complementarity approach between citizen and traditionnal medias. Still, quoting and linking to stories from mainstream medias isn't always bad. It could be really interesting to compare how the news is treated in different medias and to add some informations such as videos, maps, expert view points, or other sources of informations which had not been considered by professional journalists. The challenge is to sort what's good and what's not... It is true that citizen journalism is not always useful. At Cent Papiers, we've had some great examples of what citizen journalism could be, but the majority of the articles couldn't have been written without the work of professional journalists. This is why we promote a complementarity approach between citizen and traditionnal medias.

Still, quoting and linking to stories from mainstream medias isn't always bad. It could be really interesting to compare how the news is treated in different medias and to add some informations such as videos, maps, expert view points, or other sources of informations which had not been considered by professional journalists.

The challenge is to sort what's good and what's not...

]]> By: Zelaurent http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/07/09/a-new-montreal-news-source/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Zelaurent Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:07:37 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=510#comment-739 There are Yuls everywhere. Perhaps too much ;) There are Yuls everywhere. Perhaps too much ;)

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