Craigslist Planning To Shake Up Journalism

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Craigslist Planning To Shake Up Journalism
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:53:45 -0500
From:   Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
To:     Dave <dave () farber net>
CC:     Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>



http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B3832A144%2D060D%2D4F3A
%2DA255%2D06F40844BC4E%7D&siteid=mktw

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The San Francisco Web entrepreneur who's
shaken the classified ad business has plans to expand into journalism,
too. Speaking at an Oxford University business school forum, Craig
Newmark said his news project will be introduced within three months.

He made it clear his new Web site will have a bottom-up approach to news
stories and presentation, with readers play the role of editors.

"Things do need to change," he told the audience in Oxford, England, The
Guardian reported. "The big issue in the U.S. is that newspapers are
afraid to talk truth to power. The White House press corps don't speak
the truth ... they are frightened to lose access they don't have
anyway."

Newmark said his news project will involve Web technology to let readers
decide which news stories are the most important. At least one Web site
is already working this field. Digg.com invites readers to submit
stories to be posted on its Web site. "Once a story receives enough
(votes) from (the site's visitors) it will be promoted to the front
page," the site explains. 

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