Huffington Post seeks headline help on Twitter
September 11th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Social media and blogging
Wow. The Huffington Post is taking the crowdsourcing news strategy one step further still:
Josh Young (@jny2), recently appointed social news editor for the HuffPo, tweeted:
“We’re crowdsourcing our latest Joe Wilson hed at http://huffingtonpost.com We came up with “No, YOU Lie” Can you do better? #headlinehelp”
(Via @jayrosen_nyu / Mediaite.com)
Tags: crowdsourcing, Huffington Post, huffpo, Jay Rosen, Joe Wilson, josh young, social news editor, The Huffington Post, Twitter
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