Re-editing the agenda with NewsTrust

Media Nation by Dan Kennedy | Apr. 7, 2008 (Opinion)

NewsTrust's strength is also its weakness. Unlike Digg, which simply allows you to vote on whether you like or don't like a story, NewsTrust asks users to rate stories on a wide range of criteria, including whether you think the news organization is reliable, how well sourced the story is, whether it's fair and whether the story offers enough context.

In all, there are 12 different criteria, each of them demanding a rating of one to five stars. ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

[Disclosure: I am executive director at NewsTrust, which is featured in this blog post] Thoughtful observations by Northeastern professor Dan Kennedy about using NewsTrust in his Web journalism class. The author provides a helpful analysis of the service's strengths and weaknesses -- and offers sensible recommendations about how to improve the appeal of this public service. Speaking as a NewsTrust representative, we were all struck by the level of commitment shown by Dan and his students, particularly Jessica Torrez-Riley, who produced the video shown in this blog. We will take their suggestions to heart, as we plan our next steps for this project.

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