Comments on: The Internet golden age of local policy debate

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By: Local Blogs Beating Legacy Media When it Comes to Substantive Policy Discussions | The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:22 +0000

[...] Read more about the Portland study and its findings here. [...]

By: Steven Clift

Steven Clift — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:08:01 +0000

Very interesting outreach.

Any interest in doing some comparative research on Minneapolis?

Lots of fodder:
http://e-democracy.org/mpls
And more:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/Neighbors_forums

Say, did you see any qualitative difference between sites the use/promote real names versus others?

Steven Clift

By: This Week in Review: Google’s Buzz buzz, Demand Media’s plans, and turning relationships into revenue | Mark Coddington

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:53:28 +0000

[...] of news people most like to share online, and research by social media consultant Jamie Beckland hints that in Portland, at least, policy-oriented journalism is thriving more in the local blogosphere [...]

By: This Week in Review: Google’s Buzz buzz, Demand Media’s plans, and turning relationships into revenue » Nieman Journalism Lab

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:29:23 +0000

By: What’s the frequency, Kenneth? « The Hyperlocalist

What’s the frequency, Kenneth? « The Hyperlocalist — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:56:25 +0000

[...] marketing group that conducted the study didn’t explain the difference, but Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab chalked it up to the ability of topic-specific sites to reach target audiences, versus the [...]

By: Dave Atkins

Dave Atkins — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:04:14 +0000

I think a big distinction here can be highlighted by the difference between reporting and conversations. Old media is still speaking in the language of “muckraking” and finding the truth. For traditional media, a big success is to uncover something and report on it. That’s valuable, but I don’t believe it is what people crave.

People want a greater sense of connectedness…they want to know what is going on, not what a reporter thinks is going on. Authority-driven media and public officials chafe at the “inaccuracy” and unaccountability of blogs, but our media allows people to say what they think and engage in a conversation instead of just writing letters to the editor or getting the ear of a reporter.

By: David Morton

David Morton — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:22:18 +0000

On my website, we’ve been fairly successful at diving into the language of local zoning ordinances and publishing digestible summaries in addition to the traditional political narratives.

I’ve found that while the policy articles don’t get as many comments, the page views often outpace the day-to-day narratives. When the summaries are written well, they have a pretty good shelf life, and I can link to them within the context of a political debate. Plus, it gives me (and hopefully readers) a better grasp on the issues at hand.