MinnPost.com will offer exclusive front-page news stories as well as “posts,” a new format in which professional journalists engage in an informal conversation with readers about what they’re learning and what to make of it. Posts will be a bit like blogs, but unlike many blogs, they will be built around original reporting – not just opinions or links to other people’s work.
MinnPost.com, which will publish Monday through Friday, also will offer daily roundups providing perspective on metro, state, national and international news, stories from selected content partners (currently under discussion), commentary from community leaders and experts, and comment from and involvement of readers.
Joel Kramer’s Announcement this morning as relayed by Brian Lambert. (Now on minnpost.com/news)
I’m not excited. I don’t see yet how this is going to be all that different than startribune.com or twincities.com. It quacks like a newspaper “gone online but a little different.” What would separate this from MPR ramping up their local news site, hiring a few of these journalists and throwing in a little of their “new media initiative” magic fairy dust for a little citizen-involvement twist?
1 year ago