“We’ve all been part of communities since kindergarten, or earlier. Churches, schools, sports teams, and neighborhoods all satisfy basic human desires to interact with others and work toward a common goal. And yet, when these communities are online and we start to think of them as “social sites,” these concepts can suddenly feel foreign.”
Tag: community+building
A List Apart: Articles: The Elements of Social Architecture
Thoughtful and mildly theoretical (or at the very least, psychological) notes for anyone building a social component to a network.
Some tips for newspaper people new to community management | Howard Owens
Worth a periodic read; Boss Owens runs down some of the obvious things your newsroom should be doing when they wear their Community Manager hats. And they should be wearing them all the time, BTW.
Some tips for newspaper people new to community management | Howard Owens
Spot Us » Wiki
Dave Cohn is finding ways to get his News Challenge project running, no development required. And so it begins: Start with the tools at hand, gather a crowd, gain momentum…
MediaShift Idea Lab . CopyCamp: Community Unconference in the Newsroom | PBS
The Merc’s Chris O’Brien writes about the takeaways from the first CopyCamp.
MediaShift Idea Lab . CopyCamp: Community Unconference in the Newsroom | PBS
Anderson conflicted – Common Sense Journalism
A great follow-up to this weekend’s Carnival of Journalism. Doug Fisher goes in-depth on one town / one newspaper, analyzes what they’ve tried, re: innovation (or catching up, as the case may be).
How to Create Killer Niche Web Sites Without Hiring – E&P
Steve Outing on pro-am journalism, with an emphasis on creating closed networks of invited contributors.
6 tips for comments on stories and j-blogs – Teaching Online Journalism
These are great basic guidelines for comments on news sites: registration + e-mail confirmation on first comment + pool rules.
6 tips for comments on stories and j-blogs – Teaching Online Journalism
L-S officials defend budget – Wicked Local Sudbury
There’s a comment thread here with 171 posts right now, including a bunch basically live-blogging a local gov’t meeting as it happened. Awesome.
TodaysMama – Santa Cruz/Monterey Mama – Home
Parenting site starts an edition in my town – sort of – as always, it’s hard to be local unless you have local humans driving participation. Of course, they’re advertising on the local newspaper.com.
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