Transcript of #editorchat 6/10
[20:57:11] bacigalupe: @rondoylewrites is it the medium cracking or is it the substantial foundation of the enterprise changing? #editorchat
[20:57:14] milehighfool: Q1: My take on this is simple: Real-time reporting is the new way of working in the age of Twitter. #editorchat
[20:57:17] RGBinDFW: RT @rondoylewrites I doubt anything is ever 100% true, but it’s best if publishers aren’t 100% wrong, I’d say! #editorchat
[20:57:25] rondoylewrites: I call it the 80/20 rule. All writing, fiction and non, is 80% true and 20% false–the goal is to avoid 50/50… #editorchat
[20:57:51] deegospel: @milehighfool q1 I thought TechCrunch was fine, because they stated that they were reporting a rumor. #editorchat
[20:58:13] milehighfool: @bacigalupe Good question. I think it’s both. Real-time is a function of the Web, Twitter, and cable. And the ent. needs $$ #editorchat
[20:58:19] SpecialDee: Q1: reporting in real time is news; print version is old news #editorchat
[20:58:21] merylkevans: Q1 I take care when I get facts — I check them from a second resource or ask the person where the data came from. #editorchat
[20:58:24] rondoylewrites: @bacigalupe I do think the velocity of information puts a big strain on the Spaceship News… #editorchat
[20:58:50] RGBinDFW: #editorchat QI As Web editor for 9 years, prefer to wait, report complete, verified story. Easy to change, but rep. at stake. #editorchat
[20:58:58] anndouglas: Q1: The beauty of reporting in the digital age is that you can roll out the story in stages, as additional facts emerge. #editorchat
[20:59:02] rondoylewrites: Especially per @milehighfool’s mention of NYT calling out TechCrunch. Case in point. #editorchat
[20:59:04] LydiaBreakfast: Amen RT @merylkevans I take care when I get facts — I check them from a second resource or ask the person where the data’s from #editorchat
[20:59:11] milehighfool: @SpecialDee Really? I wouldn’t go that far. I mean, I see your point for, say, a fire. But print papers still break stories. #editorchat
[20:59:14] SuburbNews: Journos and editors, fyi, tonight’s #editorchat looks interesting – takes off on NYT/Tech Crunch; old/new media debates #editorchat
[20:59:22] cutestkidever: @merylkevans Q1 Too many times, multiple sources quote the same flimsy reporting. #editorchat
[20:59:30] jennipps: RT @rondoylewrites I call it the 80/20 rule. All writing, fiction and non, is 80% true and 20% false–the goal is to avoid 50/50 #editorchat
[20:59:37] shortformernie: Q1: When speed competes with facts, speed usually wins. Facts provide friction but if you’re going too fast, it doesn’t matter. #editorchat
[20:59:39] debmarkham: #editorchat Q1 Thing is, real-time reporting could slip into TMZ-style celebrity reporting. Rumors for the sake of rumors for page views.
[20:59:41] rondoylewrites: @RGBinDFW Bless you! You’re one of the good ones, Rebecca. #editorchat
[20:59:51] jimnduncan: Q1. What’s the incentive to get the news out there faster than anyone else, whether the facts are straight or not? #editorchat
[21:00:06] SpecialDee: RT @anndouglas: Q1: beauty of reporting in digital age is that you can roll out the story in stages, as additional facts emerge. #editorchat
[21:00:08] merylkevans: @cutestkidever Luckily, I learned early on just how easy facts from online are wrong and took that to heart. #editorchat
[21:00:14] milehighfool: @anndouglas Exactly. And let’s not forget that the Times isn’t above real-time. Witness the Caroline Kennedy senate story. #editorchat
[21:00:29] merylkevans: I rather be accurate and late than first and wrong. #editorchat
[21:00:39] shortformernie: @debmarkham But it’s weird though. Hate ‘em or hate ‘em more, but TMZ usually gets it right. They break a lot of stuff. #editorchat
