Wednesday, March 24, 2010

News should be a community dialogue

In a post on the TribLocal blog, I say we believe at TribLocal that people deserve to have a voice in the community dialogue before, during and after our reporting process. We welcome residents to comment on existing stories or submit their thoughts on a topic separately from our staff-written stories.

And if we're not talking about a topic you're inerested in, the TribLocal Web site offers an open invitation for you to start your own conversation.

And just because a story is written doesn't mean the conversation is over. If you comment on a story or submit your own opinions, you will see them online and often in print. For example, some responses submitted to a story on the Ft. Sheridan golf course debate in Highland Park appeared in print as part of an ongoing look at the issue. In print editions, we remind readers to weigh in online and look for that discussion to be reverse-published in a later print issue.

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