What can blogging teach traditional journalism?

1. Be more personal.
2. Let the public in on news decision-making.
3. Be more focused and intentional – stop trying to be everything to everybody.
4. Print the truth, not just the facts.
5. Don’t just report, teach. Become a resource and not just a product.
6. Be more local.
7. Give readers access to source material (like the full text of interviews).
8. Add multiple RSS feeds to web sites.
9. Add email addresses to stories.
10. Learn to change in response to the flow of news or market conditions.

Don’t think of this article as a primer for journalists, think of it as an outline of what to expect from your source of news.

[SOURCE: First Draft, AUTHOR: Tim Porter]

http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/