Is There a Place For Bloggers in Local TV?

Maybe I should add to that title... "And would you even want to be there?" Trust me, local news stations are insane asylums! But sometimes it's the inmates who are having all the fun. This article is fascinating, and I'm going to try to contact WKRN (Nashville) about what they're doing.

By placing the tools of the personal media revolution in the hands of professionals, the station is opening the door to uses of the material that go far beyond what's seen on-the-air. Many of the VJs also have blogs, and those will evolve to include their video. The idea is to turn each beat into an on-line franchise, and the options after that are pretty significant, especially as the audience/readers get involved.

Nashville has a remarkably cohesive and growing blogosphere, and Sechrist has announced plans to work towards a citizens-media-generated daily news program through them, and again, the flexibility offered by the VJ concept — and the eye-opening revelation that local amateur journalists can be very good and knowledgeable storytellers — make this a real possibility moving forward. What will this do for the people who don't watch local news anymore? Stay tuned.

Full article here.