Christopher Wink, the founder and CEO of Technical.ly, has written a thoughtful and nuanced review of our book, “What Works in Community News.” Technical.ly, which was launched in 2009, provides “independent coverage of state, county and regional tech, startup and innovation ecosystems.”
Wink published his review on LinkedIn — an interesting choice. Many social media folks have rediscovered LinkedIn as a place for engagement and intelligent conversation following the decline of Twitter. He writes that our book provides a useful guide to the journalism of the local independent news organizations that we profile, but he wishes we’d included more of a focus on business strategies and non-traditional ways of delivering community news and information.
“It’s a good book!,” Wink writes. “A helpful collection of well-liked efforts. I recommend it. But my local news tribe seems uninterested in the details of why other businesses work.”
It’s a fair criticism, and how can we not like a review that says “It’s a good book!”? Wink has offered us a chance to connect with him, and we welcome the opportunity.
