Comments on: Finding National Stars to Cover the Hyperlocal http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/ A Public Journalism Network weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:49:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Representative Journalism - Blog - Provide Great Journalists with Great Editors http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-374 Representative Journalism - Blog - Provide Great Journalists with Great Editors Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:43:28 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-374 [...] I have touted the idea of hiring super journalists, who provide so much good and new information that they create   value for their Representative [...] […] I have touted the idea of hiring super journalists, who provide so much good and new information that they create   value for their Representative […]

]]> By: Leonard Witt http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-270 Leonard Witt Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:58:04 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-270 Hi Barbara: Thanks for the tip. Now that you mention it, I do remember a documentary about those readers. I am always looking for connections to the project. And this is a perfect one. Thanks again. Hi Barbara:

Thanks for the tip. Now that you mention it, I do remember a documentary about those readers. I am always looking for connections to the project. And this is a perfect one. Thanks again.

]]> By: Barbara Iverson http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-268 Barbara Iverson Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:38:26 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-268 Your idea made me think of another model that comes from the labor movement -- the "lectors" or readers who were a fixture in cigar rolling factories for years. The workers chipped in, even to the point of paying the passage for a lector when they needed to bring one in. The lector read the newspapers and also fiction and philosophy and whatever as the workers rolled the cigars all day. If cigar rollers chipped in for the pleasure and benefits of having a reader, perhaps workers could be persuaded by some kind of representative journalist model. It is an interesting idea. Your idea made me think of another model that comes from the labor movement — the “lectors” or readers who were a fixture in cigar rolling factories for years. The workers chipped in, even to the point of paying the passage for a lector when they needed to bring one in.

The lector read the newspapers and also fiction and philosophy and whatever as the workers rolled the cigars all day.

If cigar rollers chipped in for the pleasure and benefits of having a reader, perhaps workers could be persuaded by some kind of representative journalist model. It is an interesting idea.

]]> By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-238 Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:04:12 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-238 [...] Finding National Stars to Cover the Hyperlocal. Len Witt continues his writings on representative journalism, this time suggesting high-powered journalists may be able to find a home doing hyperlocal coverage. If you haven’t read his previous posts on the repj idea, now might be a good time. [...] […] Finding National Stars to Cover the Hyperlocal. Len Witt continues his writings on representative journalism, this time suggesting high-powered journalists may be able to find a home doing hyperlocal coverage. If you haven’t read his previous posts on the repj idea, now might be a good time. […]

]]> By: Ruth Ann Harnisch http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-230 Ruth Ann Harnisch Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:24:13 +0000 http://pjnet.org/representativejournalism/post/15/#comment-230 What a logical idea! I will immediately begin thinking of how to make it a reality. (Perhaps a representational journalist for the field of coaching. Hmmmmmmm.) What a logical idea!
I will immediately begin thinking of how to make it a reality. (Perhaps a representational journalist for the field of coaching. Hmmmmmmm.)

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