> The problem is that old media (or at least the people at the top) don't understand how to solve this problem because it involves a heavy dose of technology
There's a relatively new and successful digital-only publication in Holland called 'De Correspondent' that has been innovative in many ways. One of their goals, for example, is to allow subscribers to participate more in the news process.
And yet their comment section is the most primitive kind imaginable. It frustrates me because they do so many things right, and they have some high-profile commenters.
I toyed with the idea of trying to spice up their comment section (within the limitations of what a client-side plugin can do), but I put this off because I heard they've been 'working on it'.
I think a good commenting system or some reddit-style section would really fit in their vision, but I suspect part of the problem they face is that the site is built and maintained by a design-centric agency that isn't heavy on the technical innovation.
Another example, they touted their iPad-optimized version and yet the infinite-loading didn't (and possibly still doesn't) work on Google Chrome for iPad.
I know quite a few journalists, and one thing most of them seem to have in common is border-line illiteracy when it comes to computers. Most of them never heard of Reddit, for example, which is baffling to me for someone in a profession like journalism...
(that said, I applaud much of what De Correspondent does; they're on the right track and I hope to see similar initiatives in other countries)
There's a relatively new and successful digital-only publication in Holland called 'De Correspondent' that has been innovative in many ways. One of their goals, for example, is to allow subscribers to participate more in the news process.
And yet their comment section is the most primitive kind imaginable. It frustrates me because they do so many things right, and they have some high-profile commenters.
I toyed with the idea of trying to spice up their comment section (within the limitations of what a client-side plugin can do), but I put this off because I heard they've been 'working on it'.
I think a good commenting system or some reddit-style section would really fit in their vision, but I suspect part of the problem they face is that the site is built and maintained by a design-centric agency that isn't heavy on the technical innovation.
Another example, they touted their iPad-optimized version and yet the infinite-loading didn't (and possibly still doesn't) work on Google Chrome for iPad.
I know quite a few journalists, and one thing most of them seem to have in common is border-line illiteracy when it comes to computers. Most of them never heard of Reddit, for example, which is baffling to me for someone in a profession like journalism...
(that said, I applaud much of what De Correspondent does; they're on the right track and I hope to see similar initiatives in other countries)