Comments on: PerthNorg is my local news 2.0 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/ sharing ideas thoughts and feedback Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Sue Greenwood http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31806 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:47:55 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31806 Hi John Thanks for the mention (sweeble) and hope you pay us another visit next time you or Abby has a story/photo to share :) Incidentally, you might also check out citizenxpress and orato. You didn't mention whether Abby has been back to Perthnorg to post any other material since, or whether either of you visit the site on a regular basis? For those of us currently building open newspaper (citizen journalist) sites, this issue of what brings people back on a regular basis (just as you probably already go to favourite national or interest news websites daily) - is the Big One. Getting someone to visit your site, then getting them to post a story/picture, and then getting them to come back frequently.... hard work in a web of over 100 million active sites. It's not enough that bloggers like yourself are supportive of the concept of citizen journalism/open newspaper sites if we're just not making the reality addictive enough to bring you back. If you return to sweeble in a month or so we should have the version 2 beta finished, which will include a lot more focus on instant involvement. Feedback from you, Abby and anyone else reading this would be welcome and is really important to those of trying to build a stable future for citizen journalism. Sue Hi John
Thanks for the mention (sweeble) and hope you pay us another visit next time you or Abby has a story/photo to share :) Incidentally, you might also check out citizenxpress and orato.

You didn’t mention whether Abby has been back to Perthnorg to post any other material since, or whether either of you visit the site on a regular basis?

For those of us currently building open newspaper (citizen journalist) sites, this issue of what brings people back on a regular basis (just as you probably already go to favourite national or interest news websites daily) - is the Big One. Getting someone to visit your site, then getting them to post a story/picture, and then getting them to come back frequently…. hard work in a web of over 100 million active sites.

It’s not enough that bloggers like yourself are supportive of the concept of citizen journalism/open newspaper sites if we’re just not making the reality addictive enough to bring you back.

If you return to sweeble in a month or so we should have the version 2 beta finished, which will include a lot more focus on instant involvement. Feedback from you, Abby and anyone else reading this would be welcome and is really important to those of trying to build a stable future for citizen journalism.

Sue

]]> by: Johnt http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31626 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:46:51 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31626 Cheers Bronwen, PerthNorg seems a great site, I hope it goes well for you, I wonder what the other cities are doing... By the way I also came across a great post from Robin's blog: How To Sell Your Photographs Online: A Citizen Journalist's Mini-Guide To Monetizing Your Camera-Phone Content http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/01/23/how_to_sell_your_photographs.htm Cheers Bronwen,

PerthNorg seems a great site, I hope it goes well for you, I wonder what the other cities are doing…

By the way I also came across a great post from Robin’s blog:

How To Sell Your Photographs Online: A Citizen Journalist’s Mini-Guide To Monetizing Your Camera-Phone Content
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/01/23/how_to_sell_your_photographs.htm

]]> by: Bronwen http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31625 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:40:13 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31625 Hi John, Great blog you have here and - well- you do your research! We actually had heaps of traffic come in to PerthNorg via the "Comet or being?" pic - a large amount was from a UFO site. BTW another Twitter like site you might want to check out is Tangler - it's currently accepting beta-testers and is an Australian entry into this market. I've had a plaay and it looks great. All the best, Bronwen. PS Hope to see you round the norg ;) Hi John,
Great blog you have here and - well- you do your research! We actually had heaps of traffic come in to PerthNorg via the “Comet or being?” pic - a large amount was from a UFO site.
BTW another Twitter like site you might want to check out is Tangler - it’s currently accepting beta-testers and is an Australian entry into this market.
I’ve had a plaay and it looks great.
All the best,
Bronwen.
PS Hope to see you round the norg ;)

]]> by: gene harris http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31569 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:16:38 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/perthnorg-is-my-local-news-20/#comment-31569 email bonnell@grossc.gsfc.nasa.gov - he's co-editor of astronomy picture of the day email bonnell@grossc.gsfc.nasa.gov - he’s co-editor of astronomy picture of the day

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