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AOL's Seed Director Wants To 'Redefine Journalism'

Last December, Saul Hansell left his job as a veteran reporter and blogger at the New York Times to become the programming director for Aol's Seed, which is the new online assignment desk for AOL's 80 different Web sites. Seed is a way for AOL to assign articles to anyone on the Web beyond the 3,500 journalists and professional freelancers it employs directly. Hansell explains the "mission is to redefine journalism for the Internet age."

Seed is supposed to help by assigning the stories that "satisfy the world's curiosity," A quick look will find gift guides, and the offer of $25 for articles on the "Best Twitter Backgrounds," "How Humans Will Colonize The Oceans" and "How To Make Free Calls."

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