NewsWorks gets it
19 Feb 2012When WHYY launched NewsWorks a year and some months ago, I was a skeptic. While they were using the right tools, their terms of service agreement looked like it was designed to stifle any real community engagement. The ToS still reads like it was crafted by an RIAA lawyer who’d sooner hug a panhandler than give $40 to public broadcasting. But I was dead wrong about NewsWorks’ ability to engage its community.
In the year or so since they launched, the folks at WHYY have attracted and engaged people in civil and informative conversations. If that sounds easy to you, head on over to Philly.com and troll their comment sections for a minute. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of NewsWorks’ moderation process. I do know that good moderation requires more people, time and thought than most organizations are willing to budget for. Doing it well on a public broadcasting budget — that’s commendable. Keep reading…
Tags: creative commons, newsworks, Philadelphia, Public broadcasting, whyy
