http://www.ojr.org/p1562/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=p1562 Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ojr.org/p1562/#comment-1445 68.210.9.208 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:24:45 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1562#comment-1445 Suggestion … color of background on this site is too dark for black type.

]]> http://www.ojr.org/p1562/#comment-1444 128.32.58.247 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1562#comment-1444 I like the anonymous tip line and the cleanness of your site. But it’s hard to figure out how you can cover so many communities with so few reporters on staff. We’re trying something here at the J-school–maybe a model for other J-schools–of using students to do hyperlocal coverage in five different communities. They’re learning as they’re reporting and the sites have been a great teaching tool. My class came up with http://missionlocal.org/ for San Francisco’s Mission District, others 510report.org, oaklandnorth.org, inemeryville.org, and eastbaywestonline.org are covering communities in the East Bay. It’s amazing how much great content students can produce, but our question is how to sustain these during school breaks and whether residents want and will read hyperlocal coverage. Lydia Chavez, Professor, UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism

]]> http://www.ojr.org/p1562/#comment-1443 70.144.1.92 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:33:56 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1562#comment-1443 Okay! I agree with having a new website, but I do not agree with taking away the tangible item itself. Everyone is not accustom to the internet and still have trouble even turning them on. It sounds like an easier way to for production and easier for those who are constantly on the internet. Let

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