Comments on: Canadian site finds new ways to elicit reader reports http://www.ojr.org/070124grier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=070124grier Focusing on the future of digital journalism Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tish Grier http://www.ojr.org/070124grier/#comment-731 Tish Grier Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:29:04 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1271#comment-731 One of the really great things I found from exploring Oranto are the kinds of writers on it–some journalists but also very talented freelancers. As a freelancer myself, I know the difficulty of trying to break into print, and Orato’s giving some great writers the chance to get a few publishing creds under their belts.

Which could, in the end, make or break a pitch…

and thanks for pointing out the importance of the editorial model, Jeff! Orato’s editorial model is also a good one. They understand the importance of original voice, and work well with it. That’s one of the challenges of working in an online medium in general (something I’ve also discovered from my editorial duties). Online is, in some respects, a mode of communication as much as a means of disseeminating of information and being too doctrinaire about AP or Chicago manual can, potentially, kill original voice.

]]> By: Jeff Wilson http://www.ojr.org/070124grier/#comment-730 Jeff Wilson Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:18:26 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1271#comment-730 Wow, great find and interview.

I think this is what BrooWaha.com should have aimed for. Orato offers money, money attracts quality, and reader input helps determine the rest. The layout of the website is nice too (if a bit sensational). Not too much scrolling, and it feels like a real newspaper website.

Of course, getting real journalists to post articles is the icing on the cake; but it’s not likely something amateur bloggers could reproduce. Only a team with Orato’s credentials is likely to have credibility with real journalists.

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