Reviewing anonymous chatter
I share this story from the Ithaca Journal in upstate New York (http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/NEWS01/712290341/1002) not because I'm quoted in it, but because it's a well-executed examination of the newspaper's decision to let people post anonymous comments after stories at its web site. Newspaper editors and ombudsmen often explain editorial decisions in columns, but you rarely see stories and reporting like this. I think it serves readers well.