Comments on: Crazy New Journo-Job #3 http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3 Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Digidave http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1310 Digidave Sun, 03 May 2009 19:17:07 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1310 @Susan Not sure if I have an innovative model for how to pay this person. This post wasn't about new revenue's - but new jobs that might bring in readership and loyalty to a news brand. @Susan

Not sure if I have an innovative model for how to pay this person. This post wasn’t about new revenue’s – but new jobs that might bring in readership and loyalty to a news brand.

]]> By: Susan Sawyers http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1309 Susan Sawyers Sun, 03 May 2009 18:36:28 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1309 hey. interesting prospect and I heard you speak when you visited Columbia J-school last year, thanks for all your wisdom. Help me here: how will the "dear" reporter get paid? risk of conflict of interest is obvious - whenever I want to know something in a city I'm visiting, I call a hotel concierge... I like this idea but as with everything, these days, what's the financial model??? thanks. hey. interesting prospect and I heard you speak when you visited Columbia J-school last year, thanks for all your wisdom. Help me here: how will the “dear” reporter get paid? risk of conflict of interest is obvious – whenever I want to know something in a city I’m visiting, I call a hotel concierge… I like this idea but as with everything, these days, what’s the financial model??? thanks.

]]> By: Digidave http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1200 Digidave Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:11:18 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1200 I love these comments. @steph - I suspect you are right. Humans don't exactly scale. Which means there would have to be some picking in what questions to actually answer. In some respects it is similar to what Daniel Victor is doing (see p.s. in the post). @Scott Roberts - I'm eager to see this tool when it is done. I love these comments.

@steph – I suspect you are right. Humans don’t exactly scale. Which means there would have to be some picking in what questions to actually answer. In some respects it is similar to what Daniel Victor is doing (see p.s. in the post).

@Scott Roberts – I’m eager to see this tool when it is done.

]]> By: Consultor de notícias, uma nova função no jornalismo « Webmanario http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1197 Consultor de notícias, uma nova função no jornalismo « Webmanario Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:52:21 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1197 [...] 29, 2009 · No Comments David Cohn fez muito bem em retomar dois assuntos sobre os quais tratou [...] [...] 29, 2009 · No Comments David Cohn fez muito bem em retomar dois assuntos sobre os quais tratou [...]

]]> By: Scott Roberts http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1170 Scott Roberts Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:10:08 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1170 We're early in the development of tools that will enable this. I don't think anyone will disagree there's often a disconnect between pro media and the communities they cover. Mindset is part of the problem, but so are tools. The mindset will come along, we believe, driven by necessity. We’re early in the development of tools that will enable this. I don’t think anyone will disagree there’s often a disconnect between pro media and the communities they cover. Mindset is part of the problem, but so are tools. The mindset will come along, we believe, driven by necessity.

]]> By: codyk http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1169 codyk Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:58:26 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1169 Sounds kinda like ChaCha, but with smarter, better-paid employees. Sounds kinda like ChaCha, but with smarter, better-paid employees.

]]> By: Steph http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1160 Steph Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:27:42 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1160 You'd need more than one hire! Once people realize they get a human response, email volume increases quite a bit. It can get overwhelming, and quality suffers, so you'd also need a news org willing to recognize and grow a team as needed--and that is dedicated to keeping them plugged into the information loop. I don't know about newspapers, but I know that with other forms of media, people ask a lot of random questions that you would never imagine. You’d need more than one hire! Once people realize they get a human response, email volume increases quite a bit. It can get overwhelming, and quality suffers, so you’d also need a news org willing to recognize and grow a team as needed–and that is dedicated to keeping them plugged into the information loop. I don’t know about newspapers, but I know that with other forms of media, people ask a lot of random questions that you would never imagine.

]]> By: M.J. Parker http://blog.digidave.org/2009/04/crazy-new-job-3/comment-page-1#comment-1159 M.J. Parker Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:22:14 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/?p=1118#comment-1159 I would love to be this person. It's very similar to the way Ask MetaFilter operates already, though. I would love to be this person. It’s very similar to the way Ask MetaFilter operates already, though.

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