The Boston Globe has introduced a new section called Sidekick which gathers all the newsotainment into one big dumbed-down mini-tabloid. It is, of course, my new favorite section.

Its middle spread runs content from users, including interesting photos and a selection from a few blogs. The website has more user-generated focus. It could use links to more blogs, though, IMO. And why not encourage Bostonians to post photos to Flickr with a “BostonGlobe” tag if they want it to be picked up by the paper?

Is Sidekick the ultimate answer? Will Dan Gillmor pick up a copy, say, “Looks like the citizen journalism question has been answered,” and close up shop? Nah. But it’s a step or two in a right direction. [Technorati tags: BostonGlobe CitizenJournalism]

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