Community is no longer a dirty or scary word. Sciam, Seed, in the US, Germany and all over the world. Online communities are becoming understood and a valued commodity. When Google bought YouTube I said the price they payed wasn't for the technology (they already had Google Video) what they bought was the community. News organizations realize that creating niche communities is a way to stay relevant to advertisers and readers.
And science journalism, which de-facto covers a "boring" subject to lots of people, can only benefit by creating a vibrant community of people who have a passion for the subject. What science journalism needs are people who criticize science because they love science (as opposed to people who criticism because they don't believe in science). That's what these communities can offer - and how they will improve science journalism.
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Amen!
I am familar with science blogs though. Actually, I used to work at Seed: http://seedmagazine.com/news/author-david-cohn/
Keep up the good work!
Thank you. The "welcome" remark was to the World, not to you as you obviously know what you are talking about ;-)