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Right! We're still mostly locked into the newspaper model of "articles" for factual reporting, despite its complete arbitrariness on the web. I'd love to see j
by TillE 10y ago
Right! We're still mostly locked into the newspaper model of "articles" for factual reporting, despite its complete arbitrariness on the web.
I'd love to see journalists experiment with perhaps a more wiki-like model of reporting, where you have one page for a certain topic which gets updated (new stuff at the top or otherwise readily visible).
- alphapapa 10y agoThis is a really interesting idea. Any story that really matters unfolds over a period of months or years, and stumbling upon a couple of articles a month about it doesn't inform the reader very well. And what if the first article you read about it is in the middle of the unfolding? A wiki-style document, updated as the story unfolds, organized so that anyone can get an overview and then drill down into the details, seems like a really good idea. Some JavaScript and such could allow stories to be viewed chronologically, by topic, keyword, etc. (Something like TiddlyWiki could be a good place to start.)
- treehau5 10y agoI would love that.