is it possible on your site? This doesn't always work
To improve dialouge past the riffraff, go out on your own
How many are on a niche site or blog now?
West Settle blog: http://westseattleblog.com/ http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ http://cincinnati.com/blogs/running/ Can be on or off your employers site Closed or open On your own or with a group * Tell your blog story
Talk about Dan's site Social journalism group on FB DKS group on Yahoo
It's as much or as little as you can do. Can help organize your beat get ongoing ideas Build a base of sources Can be part of your daily workflow
TBD meetups Monica Guzman's regular meetups
TBD and Patch doing this
Journal Register Co. http://newsroomcafe.wordpress.com/newsroom-cafe/ Expansion plan newsroom in library rumor