crowdsourcing investigative journalism

Paul BradshawCourse Leader, MA Online Journalism, Birmingham City UniversityVisiting professor, City University, LondonPublisher, Online Journalism BlogFounder, Help Me Investigate

How to use crowdsourcing for investigative journalism

1. Context2. Help Me Investigate3. Lessons

2 types of crowdsourcing?The repetitive task vs the wisdom of crowds

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Previously...

The problem:Viability of investigationsThe opportunity:Engagement with issues

"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"

Linus' Law, Eric Raymond

Open source investigative journalism

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Different news agenda

Failure for free

Journalism as by-product

Community

Social dynamics

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UX

Game mechanics

What works - what doesn’t.

Legal issues

Sustainability and scaling

Fire and water investigations

5 ingredients

An alpha userMomentum - resultsModularityPublicExpertise

POST approach

Community managerSupport journalist

What next?

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