Networked journalism: Crowdsourcing
Dennis Ryerson, editor of the Indianapolis Star, reaches out to his public to join in reporting. He calls it crowdsourcing. See also the Washington Examiner’s WECAN project. It’s spreading.
Tags: networkedjournalism
October 6th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Probably got the term from a recent article in Wired . . .
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html
October 6th, 2006 at 8:07 am
There was also a good episode on the Open Source radio show on the concept for commercial use this last week . . .
http://www.radioopensource.org/open-source-in-the-boardroom/
October 6th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Thanks for the nod, Frank. I considered looking at examples of crowdsourcing in journalism in the original Wired article (I’ve been dying to write about OhMyNews for years), but couldn’t find enough old media examples on which to focus–in that bygone era of January 2006. I was pretty impressed by the tone of Dennis Ryerson’s editor’s note. Almost a mea culpa for journalists everywhere. I’ve requested an interview with him for my blog, crowdsourcing.com. Check back for updates. Thanks…
October 11th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
[...] Jarvis points out Doc Searls' excellent list of suggestions for "Newspapers 2.0" — archives, citizen journalism, news rivers and more — and adds he's "been working on my own list"; he also mentions the Indianapolis Star venture into networked journalism, er, crowdsourcing. [...]