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site Distributed Knowledge / Citizen JournalismiReport is full of tools built to share stories that are happening where you are and discuss the issues that are important to you. Everything you see on iReport starts with someone in the CNN...
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed KnowledgeCNN’s citizen journalism initiative, iReport, has proved extremely valuable as a source of imagery during things like disasters and protests. However, it has also received criticism for not paying...
document Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity
CNN attempts to mitigate the predictably chaotic and non sequitur submissions from its almost 1 million registered users by offering online journalism tutorials, but only 7 percent of iReport...
document CrowdfundingNaturally they turned to the experts, Crowdcube, to find out more about this emerging alternative to the out-dated traditional methods of raising finance.
article Distributed KnowledgeIn it’s crowdsourcing ethos, the “Change the List” project has more in common with CNN’s five year-old iReport initiative, which enlists its audience to do basic (unpaid) reporting. Anyone can sign...
document Distributed Knowledge, Open InnovationIt is a great idea to include awards in participatory journalism. Some users do have their stories featured on CNN's website and this alone is a honor for most people. With the awards it will...
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Citizen journalism has been shaking up the news industry for years already, and CNN's iReport section is one of many efforts by traditional news outlets to include citizen voices. Earlier this month, however, CNN launched a new effort, dubbed “Open Stories”, that aims to take that concept a step further by crowdsourcing coverage of important topics through a combination of citizen and professional journalists.
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document Distributed Knowledge
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document Distributed KnowledgeFarhi told Kurtz that the crowdsourcing aspect of Reddit it what made it a popular go-to site for coverage. Users were digging through news articles, tweets, and whatever else they could get their...
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsDr. George Khoo's gritty memories have been captured as part of a unique, crowdsourced history project that Singapore has commissioned ahead of its 50th anniversary of independence in 2015....
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsEmily May runs a group called Hollaback! -- an international organization that's trying to end street harassment using crowdsourcing. Women can post their stories and pictures to the...
article CrowdfundingCurrently touted on crowd-funding website Kickstarter -- where it has already exceeded its pledge goal twice over -- the Orbit comes equipped with an electroencephalography (EEG) headset, capable...
article Distributed KnowledgeThe library staff first experimented in crowdsourcing in spring 2011, with their Civil War Diaries and Letters Transcription Project. For the project, they created DIY History - a website that...
document Distributed Knowledge
This amazing picture shows crowdsourcing at its best. According to the CNN iReport user who took this photo, it was truly amazing.
document CrowdfundingArguably the most buzzy among crowdfunding services is Kickstarter -- the site launched in 2009, and since then more than $200 million has been pledged to projects launched on the platform. (Not...
article Distributed KnowledgeResearchers presented the finding Monday night at the annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in Reno, Nevada. In combing through the data,...
document Cloud Labor
President Barack Obama’s re-election on November 7, 2012 marked the beginning of another era of economic prosperity and employment generation.According to the White House, President Obama’s...
article CrowdfundingLending Club doesn't need big names to gain attention at this point. The company issues an average $82 million in loans monthly, and it has now issued more than $1 billion in total loans....
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsTeenager Nadav Ossendryver is the founder and developer of Latest Sightings, a crowd-sourcing website that provides real-time updates on animal sightings in Kruger National Park, South...
article CrowdfundingServices such as Airbnb and CouchSurfing allow people to rent their homes or rooms to strangers vetted by their peers. Through TaskRabbit and Fiverr, anyone can hire a personal assistant to run...