crowdsourcing and curation
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Tools and tactics for managing crowdsourcing projects, working with readers and incorporating social media into news coverage. Presented August 2013 at the Summer School for Investigative Reporting at SSE Riga, Latvia.TRANSCRIPT
A group of people working toward a single goal using whatever tools they need, in person and online. -‐ Amanda Michel, The Guardian US
• More than 20,000 parBcipants • 17,000 documents reviewed in the first 80 hours alone
• For one week’s worth of developer work, caught up to larger staff w/more Bme
• Tons of great stories that led to punishment, resignaBons and changes
• Gathering info using Forms
• Results flow into a shareable spreadsheet
• Can do surveys
(n) The act of organizing and maintaining a collecBon of media and informaBon around a parBcular subject or area.
Mandy Jenkins [email protected]
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