Jay Rosen, the chairman of the journalism department at New York University and a blogger himself (pressthink.org), said
"The fragmentation of news online is part of a larger trend of moving editorial power into the hands of the audience. The old system was, 'Here's our news; take it or leave it'. Now, sovereignty over the story is shifting.""Services that allow readers to have more control over their information diet can actually give them a greater understanding of topics they choose to follow in depth - sports teams, for example. Sure, they're covered extensively, but compared to what some people want to know, it's a trifle," he said.
Mr. Denton said Kinja users would be able to decide whether to make their customized digests public and that the best digests would be promoted at the site, making the users "part of the editorial team."
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