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But Andy Carvin also talked about how he approached the reporting of real-time events on Twitter, and how he doesn’t really like having what he did called a “newswire.” Instead, he says he...
Matt DeRienzo, Connecticut Group Editor for Journal Register Co., said he thinks open journalism is not only a general trend for the media industry but also an essential one for newspapers to...
Norran, a large regional daily in the north of Sweden, has opened up its newsroom with a tool called eEditor, a live chat powered by CoverItLive where readers can discuss story ideas with...
There are currently dozens of apps available for people to submit news tips; some simply offer a way for people to send in local story ideas, others target specific networks and users can send...
This year's Trends in Newsrooms 2011 focuses on various salient matters like the evolving newsroom, with case studies from Switzerland, the U.S. and Russia. And the final chapter counsels...
It is true that the explosion of sources of information – just like the avalanche of the raw information itself via wide, public availability of data – makes the jobs of journalists more complex,...
From using Twitter to gather information and report it, to raising funds from foundations for serious reporting projects, to hiring researchers and academics to analyse big data, to organising...
As local newspapers continue to evaporate, however, a “near me” news vacuum is opening up in localized pockets across North America and Europe. Hyperlocal sites like Wrexham.com and the Port Talbot...
Dara Albright is the enterprise's creator and the co-creator of The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Platform. Via the company's media, case production and consultation partitions, Now...
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. ProPublica's newest feature is #MuckReads, an ongoing collection of...
If a community can build a vibrant news ecosystem with relationships that trickle down through social media and link sharing, said Oregonian News Network project leader Cornelius Swart, "you...
Journal Register Co. has opened its newsroom and editorial meetings to the public at The Register Citizen in Torrington, Conn., reached out to citizen journalists and bloggers at its Community...
While the rioting and looting that convulsed parts of London last weekend spread to other parts of the UK on Monday, The Guardian newspaper enlisted help from the crowd to catalogue and portray to the destruction caused by uncontrolled groups of youths.
“What have you told us so far about the events over the weekend?” asked the newspaper to its readers.
What started as a gathering of around 200 protesters demanding answers over the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by the police on Thursday August 4th, culminated in a full-scale riot that spread across north-London suburbs and subsequently to other parts of the country, including the UK’s second largest city, Manchester.
“On Sunday, we began asking Guardian readers what they'd seen in Tottenham on Saturday night, and why they thought the vigil held for Mark Duggan escalated into rioting and looting”, wrote James Ball, a data journalist working for the Guardian investigations team. “This work had been used to complement and feed into work carried out by our reporters on the ground”.
The Guardian's over-arching commitment to an open and collaborative newsroom makes it a natural home for the citizens agenda. The citizens agenda is a simple concept, and their approach...
The growing use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter are all good tools that investigative journalists should use for reference only. One investigative tool that can be useful and improve...
NewsIt is hardly the first experiment with crowdsourced journalism. (Here’s a story that combines two examples — last fall, Spot.us, which uses crowdfunding to support investigative journalism,...
Repubblica’s Reporter aims “to turn users into 'aerials' on the ground to contribute to live reporting on Italy”, the website explained. In order to enlarge and develop its video...
ProPublica is a non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.And, their approach to these issues is to thread comments next to the document, enable users to...
Before joining Philly.com, Victor was part of the community engagement team at TBD.com where he helped lead their crowdsourcing efforts and built a network of local blogs. Prior to that, he served...
There’s an undeniable awkwardness that comes from the idea of a newspaper, usually for-profit enterprises, asking people for money. It’s worth noting that $150 of the $500 came from The...
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
