http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com A study of the Greensboro News & Record Blogs Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:20:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s John Robinson’s Reading list (Comments are his): Romenesko — If you want to know what’s what in the world of newspaper journalism, this is the place to go. PressThink – Jay Rosen skates to where the puck is going to be First Draft — As does Tim Porter BuzzMachine — As does Jeff ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/reading-list/ In “The Internet in Everyday Life,” the authors identify three forms of social capital: 1. Network capital 2. Civic engagement 3. Sense of community All these things are present at the News & Record blogs. Network capital is created when readers communicate frequently through the blogs and comments. Civic engagement is created because often the readers are ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/social-capital/ I have a feeling Dan Gillmor is one of Robinson’s personal heroes. He often quotes Gillmor and in his Poynter interview he said, “To steal directly from Dan Gillmor, our readers are smarter than we are.” In his book “We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the people, for the people,” Gillmor ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/we-the-media-3/ The blogs have a number of posts that generated rich discussion threads on a number of topics. Many times, John Robinson is a participant in the conversation, which varies from the classic “hit-and-run” style of an editor’s printed column. These three discussions stemmed from feedback the newspaper received from readers. In ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/rich-discussion/ Jenny Preece wrote about developing online communities in “Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability.” She provided a working definition of online community, with four elements: people, purpose, policies and computer systems. The first three deal with encouraging sociability, while the last contributes to a website’s usability. Below each element is ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/04/sociability-and-usability/ Welcome to “Greensboro - The Blogging Greenhouse,” a look at the history of the News & Record blogs. Yes, history. Because in this medium, everything moves pretty fast. As Ferris Bueller said, “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!” The Greensboro News ... http://thegreenhouse.blogsome.com/2005/12/02/hello-world/