Friday, November 18, 2005

Last week, Norwegian news website Dagbladet.no featured a blog post as its main story. Blogger Vidar Hodnekvam's feature (Norwegian language) about life as a pro gamer in South Korea hit the top spot on Dagbladet.no's news front page.

Hodnekvam is blogging through Dagbladet.no's open-source blog system, a system inspired by Slashdot. Dagbladet.no retains editorial control, and will use his stuff on its main pages if editors want to. And last week, they did.

Says Dagbladet.no managing editor Helge Øgrim: "We work actively to merge the best of the blogosphere with the best of Web journalism. The fact that an amateur blogger gets the top story really illustrates that point. Some call this citizen journalism. We gradually get to know our bloggers, so it's quite possible that we'll do this more often in the future. Of course, outsourcing the content like this can be risky, and a headless practice could dilute our brand. On the other hand, closing out the voices and the knowledge from outside the newsroom is also a risk. Maneuvering in this field is very inspiring."
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