Our first annual Lab reader poll: Tell us what 2011 will bring for the news

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Our first annual Lab reader poll: Tell us what 2011 will bring for the news

I like to think of our readers as our greatest resource; it’s almost alarming how many brilliant, nerdy, forward-thinking, occasionally-combative-but-usually-generous people we are lucky enough to have in our audience. So we’d like to pick your giant collective brain.

With 2011 coming around the corner, we thought it would be fun to ask you what you saw coming in the new year. Below are 25 questions that ask what the world looks like inside your crystal ball. We’ll add up your answers and report the results in a few days. Then, in a year, we’ll report back on what really happened. (Accountability journalism!) Fill out your answers below and hit submit. [Update, Dec. 19: Thanks for your responses. We'll post the results soon. —Josh]

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http://flavors.me/howard Howard Weaver

Can we get a little guidance/clarification on a couple of issues here?

* Is Gawker (for example) a news organization? (I’d guess yes). Criteria?

* Is Politico online only? (I’d say not, but …) Meaning :no print/broadcast of any kind”?

* Should we nominate/vote for things we’ve worked on?
http://www.niemanlab.org/ Joshua Benton

- Gawker definitely counts as a news organization to me. But generally speaking, I’ll leave it up to the readers to decide what they want to count.

- I don’t consider Politico online-only, precisely because of the print edition, but if someone wants to consider them so here, I won’t cry about it.

- Sure, nominate things you worked on, if you honestly think they’re the best answer to the question.
http://oldmedianewtricks.com Robert Quigley

I think this is a great idea, but this is a really long questionnaire, especially since you’re asking for long-form answers. I’ll try to make time for it, though, because it is an excellent topic. :)
Joshua Benton

Hey Robert — just for the record, no long-form answers needed! One or two words will suffice for almost all of them. The extra space is there just if you want to expound.
http://byjoeybaker.com Joey Baker

I see a problem in questions 16-25. You frequently use the term internet “traffic,” but haven’t defined what that means. Do you mean number of GB transferred? Number of unique users? Number of pageviews? Number of active users? Peak number of users?

I imagine you probably mean number of unique users, but the term is a confusing one.
http://www.niemanlab.org/ Joshua Benton

“(For our purposes, we’ll use the most recent estimate of unique visitors to their primary domain at Compete.com.)”
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Wyatt Schrock

Thanks.

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