Comments on: Hindsight Journalism http://stearns.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/hindsight-journalism/ Writings On Media, Culture, Nature, and Community. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Three Ideas: Testing Legislation, Newsroom Archives, and Technology Playgrounds « Groundswell http://stearns.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/hindsight-journalism/#comment-3603 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:10:01 +0000 http://stearns.wordpress.com/?p=1048#comment-3603 [...] us address wiked problems. This idea also seems like a powerful way to counteract the trend of hindsight journalism. It may not be an either/or, I’d like to see both governments and news organizations taking [...]

]]> By: Stearns: Journalism needs more foresight than hindsight | Astrid Bidanec http://stearns.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/hindsight-journalism/#comment-1334 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:01:48 +0000 http://stearns.wordpress.com/?p=1048#comment-1334 [...] Press’ Josh Stearns worries about “hindsight journalism” and proposes [...]

]]> By: Greg Linch http://stearns.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/hindsight-journalism/#comment-1333 Wed, 16 May 2012 20:09:58 +0000 http://stearns.wordpress.com/?p=1048#comment-1333 A key part of all this — solutions journalism and beyond — is the need to quantify the impact of that work (more on that here http://bit.ly/GLimpact). Solutions implies something is being solved, or that the work has been successful. This means you need to clearly define the goal and purpose of the journalism, how you’d measure it and then actually measure and analyze to determine success, failure or another type of outcome.

All in all, lots of good thoughts and a reminder that I need to write a comprehensive follow-up to my January impact post. So many ideas floating around that sync with your and Jonathan’s posts around these topics!

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