Structure The Next Newsroom around a pro-am model. The Next Newsroom will be structured around teams of professional journalists and community experts who work together to plan and gather local news and local content. To understand how this relationship can work, consider that The Next Newsroom will be organized around three tiers of reporting:
Tier I - High-end enterprise reporting done mostly by professional journalists.
Tier II - Community beat reporting, which is a mix of some professional journalists and some community experts, quality bloggers, and independent community contributors. These pro-am teams will organize and collaborate around key beats and passions in the community.
Tier III - Citizen-generated content that is hyper-local names, faces, calendar events.
Community contributions in Tier III and Tier II will represent at least 50% of all content published.
Skilled professional journalists will focus on higher-end enterprise reporting and supporting key beats closely tied to local interest areas. Their work will represent 25% of the content.
Databases, listings, and freelance/syndicate purchase will provide about 15% of content.
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