Comments on: Curation questions and the start of some answers http://www.ojr.org/p1939/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=p1939 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: Karan Bavandi http://www.ojr.org/p1939/#comment-2609 Karan Bavandi Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:36:56 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1939#comment-2609 Very nice case study. I think an interesting question to answer is – “How does curated content help educate the user on a subject?”

IMO context messaging is a big value provided by curated content. KBucket is a platform for posting curated links.

As an example for my comment above – This curated page on Wikileaks should prove my point: Wikileaks News. As the study shows most people pay attention to the headlines and the brief description. To strengthen an argument and prove a point, accumulated headlines on a subject offer powerful messaging value.

This KBucket page let’s the user find out the latest on Wikileaks, compare news coverage and messaging by different news organizations and the emerging news is always in the context of the historical news.

]]> By: Joe Zlomek http://www.ojr.org/p1939/#comment-2608 Joe Zlomek Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:01:01 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1939#comment-2608 The Sanatoga Post (sanatogapost.com) uses a blog theme that, like many others, allows archiving or curation by category. We’ve found over a period of two years that readers who share our stories with others favor forwarding the category URL rather than a one-story link. When we ask why, they explain that they want those with whom they’re sharing to see a story in context, not stand-alone. The upside for us is more page views and longer time on page.

]]> By: jane stevens http://www.ojr.org/p1939/#comment-2607 jane stevens Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:43:46 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1939#comment-2607 Curation = Web shells!!! Very interesting, Nora. The BBC Special Reports have been taking this approach for a long time. We’ve been looking at many topic pages, seeing what works and doesn’t. We’re planning on adding them to WellCommons.com after the redesign launches the week of Feb. 21.

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