WashPost editor: Everyone wants to blog
Must be easy getting people to blog at the Washington Post — according to editor Len Downie, speaking at the recent Online News Association’s conference, everyone wants to blog there. Here’s an excerpt of a recent piece in Editor & Publisher:
“He said instead that the increased focus on the Web has “improved journalism a lot, way more than we could have expected.” He said that the 24/7 news cycle has changed his newsroom for the better, with reporters always tuned in to what’s happening and constantly trying to find stories to report for the Web site — and that reporters could add more detail because the Web had “unlimited newshole.”
“I was known for writing long as a reporter, I edit long, and now there’s a place to put it all,” he said. Reporters love newsroom blogs, said Downie, because they put writers in better touch with their readers: “Everyone in our newsroom wants to be a blogger.” And the blogs that pick apart every article that the Post produces are a good thing, said Downie, because they “keep the paper honest” and, even if their commentary isn’t positive, bring people to the site.”
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