Eric Berger asks his users to be his assignment editor

The SciGuy Eric Beger is asking his users what kinds of science stories would they like him to report on.

Ever had a really good idea for a science news story, but lacked the time or resources to pursue it?

Hire me.

There’s no cost to you, happily. But the opportunity is real.

During the next week I’m going to solicit story ideas from readers for untold science-related stories.

Berger is going to collect the ideas that people leave in the comments section of his post, select several of them and then conduct a reader poll. They’ll also throw in a few ideas from his editors.

Berger will then look at the stories that users have voted on, and the discussion about each idea from fellow users, and then decide which stories to pursue.

This is an innovative way to get users involved. We’ll be interested in seeing how many science story ideas his users come up with. It’s also a good way to serve readers.

Berger was inspired by David Cohn’s crowd-funded project Spot.Us.