Saarbrücker Zeitung: Readers' tips by SMS
The Saarbrücker Zeitung is the first German daily newspaper to launch a web service that allows readers to send tips to the local news desk via SMS, MMS, fax, phone, and email .
The first German daily newspaper to
Saarbrücker Zeitung has launched a web service in which readers of the
Giving local editors tips by SMS, MMS, fax, telephone and e-mail
can. The newspaper has a central telephone number and a
Mail address set up. The texts and images go directly to the
editorial system of the newspaper, journalists then view and edit
the material. On the Internet, the reader messages are published on a
published on its own website.
Editor-in-chief Peter Stefan Herbst hopes that the new service will
stronger reader loyalty and information that would otherwise not reach the editorial team
would reach us. Of course, the information would be
publication and researched it, he told the
Netzeitung. The costs of the required software and the ongoing
Operating costs are minimal. The software comes from the Norwegian
tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang, which has been using the web service for two
years.
Saarbrücker Zeitung has launched a web service in which readers of the
Giving local editors tips by SMS, MMS, fax, telephone and e-mail
can. The newspaper has a central telephone number and a
Mail address set up. The texts and images go directly to the
editorial system of the newspaper, journalists then view and edit
the material. On the Internet, the reader messages are published on a
published on its own website.
Editor-in-chief Peter Stefan Herbst hopes that the new service will
stronger reader loyalty and information that would otherwise not reach the editorial team
would reach us. Of course, the information would be
publication and researched it, he told the
Netzeitung. The costs of the required software and the ongoing
Operating costs are minimal. The software comes from the Norwegian
tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang, which has been using the web service for two
years.
