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After having seen a number of successful projects that solicit the contributions of the user community in significant ways, author Sharon Leon, proposes that now might be a good time to pause and...
Once dubbed the broccoli in a doughnut world of media, public media is shedding this image thanks to online crowdsourcing and increased transparency.
While this may cause some to scratch their heads, Planetizen and PPS seem fine with this feistier, more democratic view of the top 100 public spaces. “It seems highly appropriate that we celebrate...
"We couldn’t be more excited about joining forces with the Public Insight Network to change the way journalism is both funded and reported," said SPOT.US Founder DAVID COHN....
The very nature of social media’s open communication and crowdsourced information provides a powerful tool for public safety agencies. Take, for instance, the Twitter user who unknowingly tweeted...
Despite its ties to public money, CrowdCulture works pretty much the same way as any other crowdfunding site. A supporter of a specific project can choose to donate money to projects through their...
Both records benefitted from Public Enemy's crowdsourcing campaign, with which they hoped to raise $250,000 (£157,000) directly from fans. Although the group was forced to revise their goal to...
The Guardian is asking readers to add to their map of privatised public spaces in Britain. For the purposes of this project, they are not looking at enclosed shopping malls - only open spaces,...
It’s free for anyone to submit an idea and the team at Public Scroll will determine if the idea is worthy of featuring on the site. If it makes the cut it will be available for the browsing...
Jonathan Gray from the Open Knowledge Foundation looks at what the European Commission's recent announcement on access to scientific data could mean for science and for public engagement...
Roman Mars, who produces and hosts "99% Invisible", turned to crowdfunding as an experiment to gauge the audience's interest in a third series of the programme, which runs 4.5...
Crowdsourcing energy in public spaces proves that almost anything today can be crowdsourced. It's an interesting "innovative" article!
Public Knowledge Project is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. It operates through a partnership among the Faculty of Education at the University of British...
The FBI has reached out to the public with code breaking brain teasers in the past--but they were games, not actual cases. This is the chance for want-to-be FBI sleuths to break their brains on...
“Find the Future: The Game,” devised by renowned game designer Jane McGonigal, is a series of “quests” delivered via an app on players’ mobile devices that can be completed at the Library’s 42nd...
Among a variety of predictions that Ben Brumfield makes about crowdsourcing transcription, he suggests that more transcription projects will launch that have thought of creative ways to recruit and...
Crowdsourcing is on a powerful roll. One need look no further than the Egyptian revolution, of course, a movement formed out of a variety of demands and solutions that originated from far-flung and...
In this modern incarnation, thousands of citizens are using social media to post hundreds of thousands of images and videos of people at the Vancouver riot in an attempt to "name and...
Generally, they see confirmation of the project's premise that crowdfunding aligns well with public radio's reach, the role of strong local stations, listeners' active interest in...
Normally, a project of this magnitude would involve loads of public forums,PowerPoint presentations, and long-winded grandstanding by civic leaders.But with precious little time for standard...
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