Starting this month, Fisher will carve a new path as he heads the Post's new Local Enterprise Team, a group of eight to 10 Post journalists with a license to "experiment like crazy" to blend storytelling mediums, explore story techniques and build reader involvement.

Increased collaboration with readers is a central focus of the venture. Using social media, the team will issue status reports to update readers and seek input as stories evolve. This isn't citizen journalism, nor is it a hyperlocal experiment, Fisher says. It's an attempt to open the journalistic process and allow the audience to help shape the news it consumes.

The content the team produces will include narratives and serials, using scene and dialogue to tell the stories of people directly affected by the news of the day, Fisher says. "The best stories are always those that go micro," he says. "They're macro in meaning and micro in example."