The Chicago Daily News: Blogging meets Journalism?

An old and respected name in Chicago is back: The Chicago Daily News. The Daily News is an old newspaper name in Chicago, and it is back in the form of online citizen journalism. The new Chicago Daily News is looking to develop a stable of citizen journalists whom they will pay $100 if they run their story. The result is a kind of blending of the blog and the traditional newspaper. Writers/photographers will be able to go after their own stories, but they will have to submit them to an editorial board for approval for publishing. It is going to be interesting to watch how this does.