Archive for October, 2007
Bill Allison – Sunlight Foundation
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism: At the risk of adding to the nomenclature, we like to think of our projects as being “distributed research.” While the goal is to dig out information or link relevant information, much of which can be used to tell stories, we often leave the telling of stories to others. Sunlight […]
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Martin Huber – Myheimat.de
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Myheimat.de combines printed magazines and an online-platform for hyper-local communities. A network of 5.000 contributors (citizen reporter) submit thousands of stories and the community picks stories for hyper-local printed freesheets (monthly, close to 100% UGC) which reach a combined circulation of 120.000. As founder of a local monthly freesheet in […]
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Robin Sloan, Andrew Fitzgerald – Current TV
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Andrew Fitzgerald runs the citizen journalism program for international cable/satellite TV network Current TV. Robin Sloan is the online product strategist there (i.e. he figures out what we should do on the web). Both of us have been deeply involved in Current’s ongoing efforts to create an open, community-driven news […]
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Jason Oberfest – Los Angeles Times
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism.We have two social media pilot projects underway. The first pilot is a new local activity and events directory website for Los Angeles that fuses user submitted content, LA Times-appointed guide content, and LA Times newspaper content to neighborhood directories. It’s similar in some ways to Citysearch, though it was built […]
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Martin Huber – Myheimat.de
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Myheimat.de combines printed magazines and an online-platform for hyper-local communities. A network of 5.000 contributors (citizen reporter) submit thousands of stories and the community picks stories for hyper-local printed freesheets (monthly, close to 100% UGC) which reach a combined circulation of 120.000. As founder of a local monthly freesheet in […]
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Howard Owens – GateHouse Media
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. As far back as East County Online (San Diego) in 1995, I’ve been working to create collaborative online communities. At ECO we didn’t have the tools to do it easily, so we invited key community members to contribute to our site and asked readers to e-mail us their opinions on […]
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Travis Henry – YourHub
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I am the editor of YourHub.com at the Rocky Mountain News. I helped launch one of the nation’s most ambitious citizen journalism projects in the spring of 2005. I came from a traditional newspaper background, working as a city editor, editorial page editor and reporter at dailies and a managing […]
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Brian Conley – Alive in Baghdad
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Right now we work with locals in Iraq and Mexico, and produce to weekly programs, Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico, We hope to expand to other locations and are currently discussing other projects as well. Alive in Baghdad looks at the impact of the war from the perspective […]
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Chuck Olsen – The Uptake
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. My work in citizen journalism includes the film “Blogumentary,” the community videoblog Minnesota Stories, correspondent reports for Rocketboom, and work on various political campaigns. Currently, I’m helping launch a video-based networked journalism project called The Uptake. What are your goals? Our motto is co-opted from Thomas Friedman: “Will journalism be […]
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Dave Winer – Scripting News
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I started blogging, RSS and podcasting, and have worked with various organizations to level the playing field so that anyone can participate in gathering news. What are your goals? Better information flow so we can have richer lives and solve the big problems before us. Notable achievements? I’ve created several […]
