Download - 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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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?
Paul BradshawHelpMeInvestigate.comOnlineJournalismBlog.comTwitter.com/paulbradshawLinkedin.com/in/onlinejournalistSlideshare.net/onlinejournalist
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