'Wash Post' Launches Epic 25-Part Web 'K Street' Series

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NEW YORK In a bold move, and experiment, The Washington Post launched today an unprecedented 25-part series, starting in print but continuing on the Web. It's written by longtime Post writer and editor Robert G. Kaiser, and will run Monday through Friday for five weeks.

Called "The Citizen K Street Project," it focuses, as the title would indicate, on lobbying in the nation's capital. Chief editor is Jeffrey Leen, and it will include photos and video.

"In the coming weeks, Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor of The Washington Post, will tell the story of Gerry Cassidy's career and the evolution of his firm in a unique fashion, combining the resources of both The Post and washingtonpost.com," the newspaper announces today. Summaries will appear in print but the story will run in full only on the Web.

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[illinoisprogressive]

1. What a long needed and wonderful idea. The wapo being like it use to be.

real journalism

[Jackpine Radical]

2. How interesting--that a potential blockbuster of journalistic effort

will appear in full only on the web. In the short run, this approach will effectively hide the meat of the story from those who don't get their information online. In the long run, however, the project will no doubt hasten the arrival of a "tipping point" beyond which most educated and informed people do go to the web for their information. Any new webizen who comes for the Post story is likely to start playing with Google & to start discovering the online wonderland of information.