http://nobosh.com/publishers-corner/

We’ll get in touch!

Hello Iraj, congrats on your new venture!

I’m the founder of NewsTrust.net, a nonprofit social news rating site devoted to good journalism. Sounds like we have many shared interests ;o)

I’d love to hear more about NewsCred and see if there are ways we could work together. Would you like to connect offline? You can reach me through our partner page:
http://www.newstrust.net/partners/

In the meantime, here’s a bit of info about us … we should definitely compare and test our respective methodologies. We don’t claim to have all the answers, but do have many of the questions ;o)

NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online, so they can make more informed decisions as citizens. We publish a daily feed of quality news and opinions from trusted mainstream and independent sources, based on ratings from our reviewers. Our web review tools enable the public to evaluate fairness, evidence, sourcing and other core journalistic principles — and become more discriminating news consumers in the process. Our news literacy service gives them a practical way to filter the news on important issues ranging from climate change to human rights — collectively selected by our reviewers based on journalistic quality, not just popularity.

To expand our community, we’ve started collaborations with media partners like Scientific American, the Huffington Post and Mother Jones — and we’re now discussing similar partnerships with major news providers. There are a number of ways we add value to their readers — by engaging their community in collaborations between citizens and journalists, using our our buttons and widgets on their site. For example, we now organize weekly “news hunts” with our partners, where we jointly invite our members to help find quality journalism on a hot news topic we’re both interested in.

For example, check out this week’s news hunt on the Middle East, in partnership with Council on Foreign Relations, Global Voices and LinkTV. Read more here:
http://blog.newstrust.net/2008.....topic.html

I see this as part of the evolution of how news is distributed…initially radio, then TV, now on the web…i.e. the more choice we have, the more we need guides/intermediaries that help us sort through the stuff we care about and tell us the truth/facts. So, clearly a big problem here to solve. The challenge will be will be getting people to switch from their current news aggregator to NewsCred…what will be the hook?

Don’t necessarily agree with the ‘breaking news’ comment. I’m happy going to CNN.com to get the breaking news, just so I can be aware of the event….then wait a day or so and get the facts from a credible source.

Cheers,

Faraz

Second, on behalf of the whole NewsCred team - thanks to everyone posting comments and voicing your opinions. In essence, that’s what NewsCred is all about.

@Mogilny - “The audience should use their brains and decide for themselves. They don’t need people telling them what to think.. they should just THINK.” What you’re suggesting is exactly what our vision for NewsCred is. However, we also believe there should be a public site where people can voice their opinions about articles, authors and news sources. That’s what NewsCred is. In turn, your opinions can help other fellow news readers decide if the news they are reading is credible or not.

@dave - Interesting argument. At NewsCred, we believe that reading the news is enough ‘qualification’ for having the right to voice and share your opinion about it.

@Russel and @Matt - We’re constantly adding more news sources. Just shoot as an e-mail if you have any suggestions for new ones.

We really appreciate ALL the feedback. We welcome everybody to our community and hopefully together we, the news readers, will finally have a part to play in the media industry.

Iraj (Co-founder of NewsCred)
http://www.newscred.com

http://www.newscred.com/images/sources.png

*note, not all these sources are actually available for “selecting” in the area where I can pick my favorite sources… but might be a fun .png to keep an eye on if you are curious about when they add new services. (the way their gianormous CSS file is equipped i’m guessing they will just be adding new sources at the bottom over time.)

I’m not sure if these guys will be able to reach the critical mass they need to succeed (they might surprise us all), but your elite view of the world is quite something. “us competitive intelligence consultants” - get off your high horse and accept the new web.

Reminds me of the manner in which many commentaries started (and still start) on the topic of Wikipedia.

for a better example of how this works, take a look at silobreaker.com’s news sources for enterprise clients. that is OSINT. this is NOT osint. this is silly.

The black/white -rating is of course easy to use but that rarely reflects reality - many otherwise “credible” stories might have some mistakes, the whole article could get rated down due to a typo in the first paragraph etc. I’m interested to see how this works, will it just become another digg and lose its relevance or will it actually work.