The Atlantic Wire opens editorial discussions to the public The
Atlantic Wire is experimenting with letting the public observe
and participate in its story pitching and editing processes by
conducting them in an open comment thread. “As with many web
news operations, The Atlantic Wire is mostly edited via terse
messages in a group chat room… We had a thought: Why not move
that out into the open and let anyone who wants to take part?”
editor Gabriel Snyder wrote. The “Open Wire” experiment is
designed to increase transparency about the editorial process.
|| UPDATE: Snyder published a piece about what he’s learned from
this experiment.