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by Mike Masnick




NY Times Agrees That Hearing From Readers Might Not Be A Bad Idea

from the if-they-must... dept

One of the more annoying things these days is reading a news article and realizing that there's simply no real way to respond to the writer, either through a comment feature or direct email contact with the author. It appears that as the NY Times struggles to figure out how they fit into the changing news landscape, they're realizing that putting up a big wall between their writers and readers probably wasn't helping matters. So, one of the changes they're looking to implement will be a better system for contacting writers of pieces to allow them to better interact with the community they're serving.

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  1. May 10th, 2005 @ 5:51am

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    by Karl

    Boy, are those authors in for a treat.

    I'd say one out of fifty comments I get is thoughtful discourse. Most are personal shots at the author because of position differences.

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  2. May 10th, 2005 @ 7:51am

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    I've long lamented the Star Telegrams policy on registration but I applaud them for including email address of the person that writes each story. As I recall, I've used the feature twice, once to complain and once to praise.

    Gary

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