Yes, we need to create this virtuous cycle which strengthens individual users, communities and the story tellers, as the episodic stories are expanded, as I noted earlier, “in both directions – back toward the original elements, offering transparency, and forward toward a summary of local knowledge in a local wiki.”

Mariam Cook notes – “I think a major challenge with this is the competitive nature of journalism – which means reporters are more inclined towards holding onto their ‘golden rolodex’ than developing a wiki containing what they need to ‘break a story’ or put their name to an exclusive investigation.” http://mariamz.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/developing-participatory-news-2/

Do you think Mariam is raising a legitimate concern? Would journalists becoming their own brand help?
http://emediavitals.com/article/17/experimenting-new-journalism-model

Thanks,
Chuck