Surely in an era of desperation and experimentation, the wacky idea of actually respecting your audience has to be worth a try by someone.
-- Aaron Swartz in "How to Fix News"
The three things he found that engaged him about a news story are pretty good tests, I think, for excellence in journalism.
; "News Sentinel newsroom VCC")
; "Howard Finberg")
; "Larry Kramer")
; "Pizza Kitchen story")
; "ONA")
; "Google at 11")
; "Rusty Coats at KSMA")
; "Ike Pigott")
; "SEC/Twittering")
; "Wes Rucker Twittering")
So wacky it just might work! (Thanks for the link)