Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Gannett embraces multimedia and citizen journalism
The Gannett Corp., which owns countless newspapers, announced this week that it is converting the newsrooms of those papers to "Information Centers."
The restructuring includes initiatives to involve citizens in the process of journalism, mine online community discussions for story ideas, and focus more on database-driven services, and is the first wide-scale undertaking in the industry. As the Washington Post reports, "It's pretty big," said Michael Maness, Gannett's vice president of strategic planning. "It's a fairly fundamental restructuring of how we go about news and information on a daily basis."
The restructuring includes initiatives to involve citizens in the process of journalism, mine online community discussions for story ideas, and focus more on database-driven services, and is the first wide-scale undertaking in the industry. As the Washington Post reports, "It's pretty big," said Michael Maness, Gannett's vice president of strategic planning. "It's a fairly fundamental restructuring of how we go about news and information on a daily basis."
