Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
Web's Largest Directory of Sites2,412 crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites
Citizen journalists are providing a valuable service to their communities. They are relentlessly searching for the truth by preserving liberty and democracy. They are doing all of this without...
The oft-heard phrase, "We’re all citizen journalists, now," may not be empirically true, but there’s some evidence to support the notion. Many major news stories hinge on media grabbed...
Mapping has also emerged as an effective way of covering the news, noted Patrick Meier co-founder of the International Network of Crisis Mappers at Ushahidi, mentioning Syria Tracker, a...
This paper summarizes recent discussions about Citizen journalism: its various forms and coming of age; its role in international news; the opportunities for a more democratic practice of...
According to Poynter.org's managing editor, Steve Myers, CNN has been relatively forward-thinking in its approach to citizen journalism. They mix iReport content (from unpaid citizen...
Vyclone lets you upload a clip to its servers, where other users can throw their own shots into the mix to create a crowdsourced movie encompassing, literally, different points-of-view.
Citizen relay aims to capture the alternative stories of the torch relay, turning the camera away from the flame and back onto the crowds and communities that it passes through. This is not about...
This article answers the question If journalism can be outsourced.
The app is scheduled to launch using the HTML5-based web language to minimize reliance on specific handset operating systems, such as Apple is or Google’s Android, although a roadmap for the...
In response to Michael Kaiser's comments on citizen critics, author Ian David Moss said: "Citizen critics are the potential saviors of the artistic marketplace. However, that’s not...
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,...
Long-time journalist Melinda Wittstock explained that the strength that NewsiT has over other citizen journalism sites is the algorithm and oversight that it has, since journalists will assure...
Signal takes a democratic Reddit-like approach to how stories reach the top of the leaderboard. Users up-vote the stories that they find interesting, and so the app not only becomes a means of...
Mosireen, a media collective in downtown Cairo that offers equipment and training to citizen journalists, was born out of the effort by activists to document the Egyptian revolution online.In...
Journalists should not be nice; the truth is not served by politeness. Citizen journalists need to get off Twitter for five minutes, make phone calls, and start investigating. As a citizen...
DigitalJournal.com is an international news network powered by people like you. The news network is made up of 32,000+ citizens and Digital Journalists who report news and events from 200...
Take part in Digital Journal's "Remembering 9/11" project in one of the following ways: Facebook Group: Remember Sept 11 - You are invited to post a comment and tell how 9/11...
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...
OneNews, EMT’s citizen journalism mobile app, launched in 2009. The company then developed white-label apps using its platform for marketing and intelligence. Now it’s launching Stringfly, an...
"We want you to be on the lookout for Dodge Dart cars as they leave Belvidere, Illinois, and are trucked and trained across the U.S. and Canada to start arriving at dealerships," Chrysler...
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.
