The Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger took to Twitter yesterday to discuss his paper’s view on what exactly “open journalism” means. In recent times the Guardian have made open the central value of their organistion. Last week they hosted their open weekend, where thousands of members of the public we’re invited to wander round their Kings Cross, London offices attending Q&A’s and workshops with staff. Last October they took the unprecedented step of making their newslist public, allowing anyone to see what they planned to cover each day, and encouraging readers to get in touch with journalists over Twitter to suggest stories and offer their thoughts. They’ve used crowdsourcing to take the pulse of the nation, for projects like their Reading the Riots investigation. Elsewhere they’ve invited the public to post photographs, album reviews and blogposts.
So what do you think? Is open really the future, and what exactly does that mean? Can a news organisation ever be truly open? Is this simply a ploy to get free content from an increasingly well-informed public? What are they doing right? What have they left out? Let us know in the comments below.
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