Indy Star goes for “crowd-sourcing”
Dennis Ryerson, editor of the Indianapolis Star, writes about how his paper wants to make better use of its readers as sources for stories and pictures, which he describes (using a word that Wired magazine appears to have coined) as “crowd-sourcing.” As he puts it:
“We rarely if ever ask for the public’s help when we research an important issue such as operation of the Marion County coroner’s office (now under investigation by the prosecutor’s office) or what’s happening with the county’s troubled juvenile detention center.
Why? In part, because the highly competitive nature of our business — we want to be first with the most — makes us reluctant to tip off our TV, weekly print and online competitors to what we are doing. And in part, it may be because of professional arrogance. We know what we are doing and we don’t need your help, thank you very little. That has to change.”
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