Opinion online

I was intrigued by this new idea raised on a listserv I subscribe to. What do you think of this idea?

Hello,

We’ve embarked on a different path from many of our newspaper.com counterparts today on our opinion channel:

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/

Rather than headlining our own editorials and links to content from our newspaper, the editorial staff has decided to centerpiece on the page the best of the Web – changing out links throughout the day in real time based on an editor’s sense of what the key conversation is online. While I know this is SOP for places like the Drudge Report or Digg, this is not the norm for a traditional news organization. Most news organizations relegate outside links to secondary spots on a channel front.

The team that is leading this charge, under the direction of editorial page editor Keven Willey, includes columnist Rod Dreher and assistant editorial page editor Mike Hashimoto. Rod and Mike conceived of this idea, learned how to use our outdated production tools, and began applying them today in the service of opinion journalism.

Anthony

Anthony Moor
Deputy Managing Editor/Interactive
The Dallas Morning News
508 Young St.
Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 977-8981

www.dallasnews.com