Comments on: What if there were an eBay for news? http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=080205yung Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Niles http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1065 Robert Niles Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:16:38 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1065 Actually, I think the closest analogy would be that this is to articles as iStockPhoto is to photographs. Now, there are some pricing variables on Reporterist that don’t exist on iStockPhoto, but the concept – a marketplace for editors and content providers – is pretty much the same.

]]> By: 193.119.133.195 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1064 193.119.133.195 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1064 Isn’t this what Digg is?

]]> By: 198.147.10.56 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1063 198.147.10.56 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:19:27 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1063 You may find this of interest:
http://rosenblumtv.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/the-shape-of-things-to-come/

]]> By: 129.49.98.166 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1062 129.49.98.166 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1062 The idea about pitching on spec rather than trying to sell fully written stories makes a lot of sense. Selling fully written stories works for j-schools but not for professionals.

]]> By: 24.8.143.1 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1061 24.8.143.1 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:56:55 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1061 I’m curious too about the writing on spec issue. I’ve been freelance for a long time, and have never written a story first, and then tried to sell it. Always sold it first. Am I missing something? Is this mainly for students or newbies?

]]> By: 72.79.220.31 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1060 72.79.220.31 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:26:10 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1060 Incredible idea. Bu why don’t you change the heading of the article? The woman says right there that it’s not meant to be another eBay, so you’re misleading people.

]]> By: Nico Macdonald http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1059 Nico Macdonald Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:48:13 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1059 I can’t see why this model wouldn’t work for pitching stories, as well as pitching pieces themselves on spec, though the emphasis on time-sensitive stories might preclude. I also see potential for stringers/reporters/writers to help each other identify the good editors/publications to work for with respect to interests, ethics and rates of pay.

]]> By: margaret barstow http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1058 margaret barstow Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:12:14 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1058 A wonderful idea where the world is open to coment without interference from the monopolistic domineering narrow minded . We need innovation, creativity and the world as it is at our finger tips so we can address the real problems of humanity

]]> By: 71.253.72.135 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1057 71.253.72.135 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:54:47 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1057 Why write on spec, when getting paid assignments isn’t a problem? What am I missing here?

LLD

]]> By: 76.102.26.116 http://www.ojr.org/080205yung/#comment-1056 76.102.26.116 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:59:46 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1434#comment-1056 Thanks for the write-up Jean.

To answer the previous comment – you can sign up at http://www.reporterist.com

We love the power of blogging and of all of the citizen journalism tools out there.

Gathering ‘voices from the crowd’ has always been an important part of journalism, and the tools available today make that increasingly easy to do. Blogging tools allow for easy digital expression, and all of the aggregating tools out there make it easy to collect those voices together.

But journalism is also about more than that. And we’d like to provide a platform and revenue model for those people who are willing to go (and passionate about going) the extra mile to dig deep on a story, or to actually go interview someone.

I hope you’ll join us on this ride.

-Hemant Bhanoo.
founder, ceo.
reporterist.com

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