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Paul Lewis gave the opening keynote at the YoungPress.eu conference in Antwerp on October 27, 2011. He brought the European reporters a positive perspective on the future of journalism. "The...
Journalist Paul Lewis talks about new media, citizen journalism. and how he has used social media to investigate two murders. He also talks about the new level of transparency and accountability...
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...
Paul Bradshaw is a professor of journalism at City University and founder of helpmeinvestigate.com. He suggested five qualities for a successful crowdsourced investigation on his...
Got a small business problem that needs fixing? In this Small Biz 911, Colleen DeBaise, Special Projects Director at Entrepreneur.com, and serial entrepreneur Paul Lewis join us. They share how you...
The first plans for Help Me Investigate were made in 2008 and were further developed over the next 18 months. They built on research into crowdsourced investigative journalism, as well as other...
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”.
"Crowdsourcing is not a new concept," observes mobile expert Rob Woodbridge. "And although there are many platforms for crowdsourcing jobs and funding, there is no clear leader in...
Our fifth crowdfunding live chat took place here on Crowdsourcing.org yesterday. The discussion continued to center around how the industry will take shape and the regulatory framework that will govern it. A very lively and informative discussion, as always.
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