Tuesday, November 29, 2005

By John Cook
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published: 11/11/05

Excerpt:

Steve Outing, a senior editor at The Poynter Institute, a journalism school and think tank, said the Newsvine service sounds similar to Google News, the popular newsgathering service that presents articles from multiple sources on numerous topics. But unlike Google News, which relies on an algorithm to determine what stories get top play, Newsvine uses the "group intelligence" of readers. Outing dubbed this concept "citizen editing" and he said it holds much promise.

"I think among many people there's some distrust of computers deciding what's the most important news. ... Some people are distrustful of professional editors making those decisions," he said. "So if 'the people' are deciding what's the top news and what are the best sources, that's appealing to a segment of the news audience."
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