You haven't heard about it in the journalism trade press. You didn't see images on the design blogs. They haven't debated it on the business 2.0 sites. Maybe it's because we didn't invest in whizbang technology, dismantle our newsroom or hire Rob Curley. But the Dallas Morning News has launched a serious effort to cover news in 15 neighborhoods and towns in our region, using seasoned reporters, community home pages, aggregation tools, staff blogs and citizen input.
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Michael Arrington explains Scott Karp's startup here: Publish2 To Launch Digg Variation As Journalist Resource:
Like Digg, anyone can submit a link to a news story. But the only people who can vote on stories are pre-approved journalists.
I'd love to take some time to unpack the site, and they've invited us to participate, but truth be told I'm just too busy to give it a test run. If you have, let me know what you think. These kinds of sites are known as 'collaborative filtering' sites, where the power of the crowd ranks and orders content. They will be key to how you consume news in the Web 3.0 era.