Damon Kiesow
Apr. 15, 2011
7:52 am
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Jim Romenesko
Apr. 12, 2011
3:33 pm
Dan Kennedy.net
"For genuine user engagement, the site should either screen comments before they’re posted, require real names or both," writes
Dan Kennedy, who has obtained and posted the Globe website's online comments policy. The paper is now using a Winnipeg firm to track down and delete offensive comments.
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 16, 2011
7:39 am
Los Angeles Times
The Technology blog is the first Los Angeles Times blog to try out the new Facebook comments system; next up will be LAT's Sports Desk's Fabulous Forum blog.
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 3, 2011
9:29 am
Reflections of a Newsosaur
"Can publishers afford to forgo
this rare chance to knit themselves deeper than ever in the growing Facebook ecosystem?"
Alan Mutter asks after considering the pros and cons of using the Facebook Comments plug-in. ||
Mark Glaser interviews Facebook's
Justin Osofsky about the Comments update.
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Jim Romenesko
Mar. 1, 2011
2:22 pm
Indianapolis Star
The former Junior Achievement of Central Indiana CEO wants to know who wrote online that he committed “most likely a criminal act,” is “the most greedy man I’ve ever known,” and a posted comment saying “somebody needs to call the state’s attorney general and investigate him." A county judge says
Jeffrey Miller must be given names or other information that would help him to learn who posted the comments on the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis Business Journal websites.
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Damon Kiesow
Jan. 26, 2011
9:44 am
Currybet.net
Martin Belam, information architect at Guardian News and Media, says reporters should read the reader comments on stories. He admits to mixed feelings on the subject, but says:
“Not reading the comments under your piece on the web is
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Damon Kiesow
Jan. 5, 2011
4:07 pm
Reynolds Journalism Institute
The Columbia Missourian moved to a digital-first strategy this semester by taking copy editors away from print tasks and giving them online and social networking duties.
Nick Jungman, a visiting editor at the student-run paper, writes the … Read more
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Damon Kiesow
Jan. 3, 2011
3:50 pm
Cleveland.com
Last week’s out-of-court settlement of a reader comment lawsuit in Cleveland leaves several questions of newsroom operations and ethics unanswered.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer settled a suit brought by a Cuyahoga County Judge after an editor identified her as … Read more
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Damon Kiesow
Dec. 28, 2010
12:04 pm
The New York Times
The New York Times has a team of eight moderators on staff to review reader comments, but according to the paper’s public editor eight is not enough.
Arthur Brisbane has devoted two recent columns to the … Read more
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Damon Kiesow
Dec. 23, 2010
8:15 pm
Sun Journal
The editor of the Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal announced Wednesday the paper would require the use of real names by commenters on the paper’s website beginning in February.
In announcing the policy change, Rex Rhodes wrote that standing … Read more
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