Blumsday brings the best of the old-fashioned newsroom to decentralized content creation that dominates the Web. The idea is to organize would-be free agents into a first rate, virtual news bureau where stories can be developed, vetted and edited through the kind of team processes that existed in traditional brick-and-mortar newsrooms -- before the Web sent those brick-and-mortar newsrooms to the
ir oblivion. To achieve this, Blumsday writers and editors use the absolute latest in sophisticated project management, time management, document sharing, billing, accounting and marketing tools to explore -- and on a good day push -- the boundaries of what is possible for groups collaborating virtually. The result is that Blumsday’s cubicle-liberated journalists retain the mobility and low cost of a freelance worker, but with the full support of a modern-day newsroom operating at the highest journalistic standards. Writers recapture time and quality that is lost trying to tough it out on their own. Publishers get the confidence, value and reliability of working with a lightweight, flexible news team that can vouch for its employees, reliably provide the support creative individuals need to do their best and quickly turn around high quality, ready-to-publish content.
