Uncategorized - by David Cohn on Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:27 - View Comments

Welcome Pat Thornton to Beat Blogging

We are six months into this project and we expect another six before we are done.

As I’ve said before, I am not leaving Beat Blogging, but I do have another project which will keep me busy.
But I am pleased to know that Patrick Thornton is officially coming in to take the reigns of beat blogging. This guy has web and journalism chops to spare. So it is being left in good hands.

As Jay Rosen notes: "He’s going to "scour the Web for people who are pushing the practice of beat reporting." That’s what this project is about, that’s what it has always been about. How does reporting change in a networked world? Nobody claims to have answers – but I rest easier knowing that people like Pat are on the hunt.


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About BeatBlogging.org

BeatBlogging.org was a grant-funded journalism project that studied how journalists used social media and other Web tools to improve beat reporting. It ran for about two years, ending in the fall of 2009.

New content is occasionally produced here by the this project's former editor Patrick Thornton. The site is still up and will remain so because many journalists and professors still use and link to the content. BeatBlogging.org offers a fascinating glimpse into the former stages of journalism and social media. Today it's expected that journalists and journalism organization use social media, but just a few years ago that wasn't the case.

About the Author of this post
David Cohn is the founder of Spot.Us and former editor of BeatBlogging.Org.