Comments on: Want to know the answer…ask a journalist

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:13:26 +0000

I recently acquired a job at a small community weekly. I’m their only staff reporter, so needless to say, they’re working me like a dog (I think). This is my first week and I have five stories assigned to me to get done before press on Sunday while also being responsible for design/layout. My question is, how many stories a week should a journalist be required to write on average?

By: n pettus

n pettus — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:25:22 +0000

Hello,

I was wondering if a news paper can release my name and street address. I was arrested for public drunkenness but I have a pfa against someone and would be happy if they did not find my home.

By: Charles Borwick

Charles Borwick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:13:18 +0000

Andy,

Thanks for mentioning Questionland. I’m the a co-founder of YouSaidIt, the company that powers Questionland, and let me just say that it has been a huge success thanks to the talented people at The Stranger.

You wondered about getting questions answered: if you check out Questionland you’ll see that questions are answered almost immediately no matter how obscure they might be. And they are answered by the community – although the staff does also participate.

The best example of staff participation is probably Paul Constant who will give book recommendations to all comers and he has an encyclopedic knowledge.

Perhaps the key success has been that once the site was up-and-running it takes a mere hour or so a week of staff moderation and marketing to keep it going (this is commonly a big issue for resource strapped newspapers).

Thanks for the mention. You can also check out ur FAQ 2.0 sites if you like, just go to YouSaidIt.