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SF Chronicle starts podcasting reader phone feedback

Posted by Steve Safran on January 29, 2007

Give ‘em this – it’s novel. The San Francisco Chronicle has started a podcast of reader feedback phonecalls. The ones from the tinfoil hat crowd are a little too easy, but the one that addresses a question of grammar is more interesting. (Is “pilotless drone” redundant?) The page posts a listener’s call, another listener’s response and, more fun, a music mashup of the discussion.

http://smartbusy.tv Chip Mahaney

This is brilliant!

Podcasts are still a challenge for me, as both a consumer and a producer. Even as simple as iTunes makes it to manage and sync podcasts on my iPod, it’s still takes time. Often, I find the podcasts I’m listening to aren’t worth the time it takes to seek/find/sync them. The quality’s inconsistent, or perhaps my interests change too much from week to week.

Something like this, though, might have staying power. It’s raw, unfiltered, unique, unpredictable.
http://spap-oop.blogspot.com tish grier

to me, this seems more like a form of cheap entertainment than it is the paper actually listening to the feedback they *might* be getting. It also relates to newspapers publishing ad hominem trollspeak as “reader comments” (hmm…is “ad hominem trollspeak” redundant?) Feels more like a hollow gesture toward “interactivity” than any real, sincere effort.