Transcript of #editorchat 6/10
[21:09:16] anndouglas: @SpecialDee Being first out of the gate beats delivering substantive coverage… Is this b/c early URL becomes go-to for story? #editorchat
[21:09:37] milehighfool: RT @SuburbNews: Due to fewer bodies, etc., our newsroom is having sessions w/lawyer on defamation, etc. #editorchat
[21:10:18] TimOBrienNYT: What if the information’s wrong and damaging? RT @milehighfool: @debmarkham Waiting for perfection means waiting forever, right? #editorchat
[21:10:59] bacigalupe: @LydiaBreakfast not to be cynical but to report on the truthfulness or falsity of a powerful rumor sells #editorchat
[21:11:05] rondoylewrites: @anndouglas Yes, first out of the gate has a lead in the race, but they can lose ground if they don’t stay on top of the story. #editorchat
[21:11:23] milehighfool: @anndouglas To some degree, I think it’s the Digg effect. First posting gets bulked up to the front page, huge traffic boost. #editorchat
[21:11:27] debmarkham: @milehighfool #editorchat Q1 I’m torn. I want that page view, which means an ad impression, yet I sure want more than “rumor is… blaaaah.”
[21:11:44] WpgGirl: #editorchat This discussion certainly makes a case for teaching our kids media literacy.
[21:11:49] KakieF: Is perfection in the eye of the beholder? Isn’t it like an artist who can’t finish a painting? #editorchat
[21:11:57] cutestkidever: RT @WpgGirl: #editorchat This discussion certainly makes a case for teaching our kids media literacy.
[21:12:12] milehighfool: @TimOBrienNYT Hey Tim. Glad you could join us. Is this not the problem all media has faced since journalism’s earliest days? #editorchat
[21:12:16] LydiaBreakfast: @TimOBrienNYT Exactly! I am on the “wait and check, and wait and check” side of the fence. #editorchat
[21:12:21] rondoylewrites: @TimOBrienNYT That’s the big risk here. For us, it’s stories–for the subject, it could be reputation murder. #editorchat
[21:12:32] thisdog: @specialdee but what do you find when you get there? On national international, maybe more but on state and local, not much. #editorchat
[21:12:39] KakieF: @cutestkidever Interesting comment, where would you start in teaching kids about media literacy? #editorchat
[21:12:45] milehighfool: @debmarkham Definitely. A wishy-washy story does no one any good. #editorchat
[21:12:55] RGBinDFW: @TimOBrienNYT TV news far cry from perfection. #editorchat
[21:13:10] ficwriter: @brendamantz Thanks for the RT! : ) Interesting topic tonight on #editorchat
[21:13:12] bacigalupe: @milehighfool the speed at which it is happen though changes some of the rules though, similar to this dialogue, right? #editorchat
[21:13:13] deegospel: @jimnduncan q1: news sites or journ blog sites reporting “news” first has monetary incentive if the site is monetized #editorchat
[21:13:17] TimOBrienNYT: Why does it “beat” it? RT @anndouglas: @SpecialDee Being first out of the gate beats delivering substantive coverage…#editorchat
[21:13:27] KakieF: How often do you begin writing and not know the intended outcome? #editorchat
[21:13:32] cutestkidever: @KakieF Since my son is only 3, I think I’d start with “Don’t believe everything you read.” And build on that. #editorchat
[21:13:39] anndouglas: @bacigalupe You definitely have to be alert to that possibility and prepared to change strategy at any time. #editorchat
[21:14:07] KakieF: @cutestkidever LOL! You Fa-hni #editorchat
[21:14:39] mathewi: @TimOBrienNYT @LydiaBreakfast: it’s not really a fence – more of a spectrum that journos have always tried to play both ends of #editorchat
[21:14:40] learncreativity: Teach kids about point of view and how narrow can be right & skewed simultaneously @cutestkidever @WpgGirl: #editorchat
