Comments on: Douglas Bailey Can't Hear You http://www.1918.com/douglas-bailey-hear/ Search Engine Optimization - Social Media - Web Design - Web Development Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela Connor http://www.1918.com/douglas-bailey-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Angela Connor Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:56:12 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=639#comment-55 A better idea would be to promote civil discourse in the comments area and hire a team of moderators to make it happen. Comments can be highly valuable to a news organization and reporters can actually benefit from reading them and make connections about the story that could lead to great follow-ups. I have a team of moderators who do it everyday. Embracing user-generated content and leveraging all that it can offer is a big step, but it's an important step for journalists. I can say this because I am a journalist. Newspapers need a strategy for dealing with comments. Shutting them down isn't the answer. Angela Connor Author, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600051421?ie=UTF8&tag=philsgijoebarand&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1600051421" rel="nofollow">18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting With Customers Online</a>" A better idea would be to promote civil discourse in the comments area and hire a team of moderators to make it happen. Comments can be highly valuable to a news organization and reporters can actually benefit from reading them and make connections about the story that could lead to great follow-ups. I have a team of moderators who do it everyday. Embracing user-generated content and leveraging all that it can offer is a big step, but it’s an important step for journalists. I can say this because I am a journalist. Newspapers need a strategy for dealing with comments. Shutting them down isn’t the answer.

Angela Connor
Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting With Customers Online“

]]> By: Phil http://www.1918.com/douglas-bailey-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Phil Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:54:54 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=639#comment-54 Kathy, you're right. He is a <strong>former</strong> writer/editor for the Boston Globe. He may now be a consultant, but he is obviously living in the past, when he was working for the Globe. Kathy, you’re right. He is a former writer/editor for the Boston Globe.

He may now be a consultant, but he is obviously living in the past, when he was working for the Globe.

]]> By: Kathy Vetter http://www.1918.com/douglas-bailey-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Kathy Vetter Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:51:48 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=639#comment-53 I agree with everything you say Phil. And I understand that you are aiming for the larger point. But I think it's also important to note that this guy says he's a "media consultant." He doesn't work for a newspaper. I'm not sure it's fair to call him "a newspaper guy" as you did <a href="http://twitter.com/1918/status/2670404734" rel="nofollow">in your Tweet leading to this post</a>. (And god, I hope we don't start using "newspaper guy" as a pejorative. That's pretty arrogant in its own right.) Believe me, I understand that arrogance and head-in-the-sand stubbornness are among the newspaper industry's biggest problems. But I think there are some very smart people trying to change all that, from inside the industry. "Media consultants" are just that, for better or for worse. This guy clearly won't be in the media consultant business much longer with views like his. But he's not a newspaper guy, either. He's an independent businessman. I agree with everything you say Phil. And I understand that you are aiming for the larger point. But I think it’s also important to note that this guy says he’s a “media consultant.” He doesn’t work for a newspaper. I’m not sure it’s fair to call him “a newspaper guy” as you did in your Tweet leading to this post. (And god, I hope we don’t start using “newspaper guy” as a pejorative. That’s pretty arrogant in its own right.)

Believe me, I understand that arrogance and head-in-the-sand stubbornness are among the newspaper industry’s biggest problems. But I think there are some very smart people trying to change all that, from inside the industry. “Media consultants” are just that, for better or for worse. This guy clearly won’t be in the media consultant business much longer with views like his. But he’s not a newspaper guy, either. He’s an independent businessman.

]]> By: GD http://www.1918.com/douglas-bailey-hear/comment-page-1/#comment-52 GD Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:16:33 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=639#comment-52 Hell yeah! Hell yeah!

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