MSNBC Recruits Local Quake Reports

MSNBC.com is posting “Earthquake witness” reports from southeast Asia on its Citizen Journalists section of the Web site. “MSNBC.com asked readers in the region to share what they felt and witnessed,” the site says, and many people responded. I’m impressed that the site asked for reader feedback so quickly, and linked to it so prominently on the site. Is the next step to incorporate these quotes in the news stories about the quake?…

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