[Seattle-editorial] how to make the seattle website work

[BFGalbraith]

I think this is a GREAT idea!


--- Laury <webshiva at cablespeed.com> wrote:
> I think there may be a third way -- one which
> permits the Editorial 
> team to be (at least partially) directed by
> community input.  
> Specifically, something like  the Vancouver
> IndyMedia's "Suggest A 
> Feature":
> 
> ***************************************
> Suggest a feature
> Stories that end up in the centre column on
> Vancouver Indymedia are put 
> there by members of the editorial working group.
> 
>   Our process requires that one member on the
> working group prepare a 
> draft of the feature story and that another member
> approve the story by 
> "pushing" it live to the site.
> 
>   We are happy to accept your suggestions for centre
> column stories. To 
> maximize the chances of your story being published
> please send us as 
> much of the following information as you can:
> 	• 	 feature title
> 	• 	 feature category (transportation, ecology,
> etc.)
> 	• 	 one written paragraph of content for the
> feature
> 	• 	 URL of an image you would like to have
> accompany the feature
> 	• 	 the URLs of one or more Vancouver Indymedia
> articles that provide 
> more information on your proposed feature
>   All suggestions will be reviewed by at least one
> member of the 
> editorial working group.
> 
>   Please don't bother getting upset if your
> suggestion is not acted 
> upon. The members of the editorial working group
> lead busy lives and we 
> can't respond to every suggestion we receive, no
> matter how timely and 
> important you may feel that it is.
> 
> ***************************************
> On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:36 PM, BFGalbraith wrote:
> 
> > Right now there is a major philisophical problem:
> > Are we-
> > A)Primarily here to publisize our own writing
> > or
> > B)Primarily here to be a community news resource
> >
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> 


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-Benjamin 

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