“Previously we journalists have been (like) a megaphone out into the public realm. In the future I think journalism will evolve more and more into a dialogue with readers.” Heard that one before? Yes, but this is editor Kalle Jungkvist of Aftonbladet, not Dan Gillmor. Sweden’s largest newspaper last week launched Läsarbladet, where all reader contributions – via forums, blogs, voting – will be presented (the paper also bought blog service will not be compensated for contributing. That might be an error: One of the lessons from Gillmor’s Bayosphere project was that readers should receive some sort of payment, as noted in OJR:

Perhaps payment could be based on the traffic and advertising that grassroots sites generate. This possibility is steadily moving to the forefront of the lively discussion of how to make citizen journalism work in the marketplace.

In an interview, Gillmor says we’re early in the development of citizen media. He’s right, but looking at the buzz building, there must be an awful lot of monologue, dialogue and conversation going on: