26 Feb 09 Online Journalism Crowdsourcing Wikis Story Ideas

Crowdsourcing, Wikis and Generating Ideas University of North Texas Department of Journalism Online Journalism 3340 Feb. 26, 2009

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Where Do You Begin? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where Do You Begin? Traditional Sources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where Do You Begin? Today: It’s a Two-Way Street Feedback pages Readers suggestions to editors, specific reporters Message boards ( NOLA.com ) Readers post comments everyone can read Chat Rooms A dialogue among readers Online polls ( cnn.com , foxnews.com , Boston Globe ) Instant non-scientific reaction to stories, subjects E-mail Reporters/Editors contact info published

Where Do You Begin? New Reservoirs of Ideas Groups (Yahoo!, Google, others) Formerly ‘Usenet’ – broad range of subjects Blogs ( USAToday , NYPost , Millions of them Search engines Find sources, studies, special interests MySpace, Facebook, YouTube! Personal webpages … from human interest to the absurd Tech Sites CNet , Mobile News , TechWeb

Trash Into Treasure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CrowdSourcing – “We Media” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

Crowdsourcing cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

CrowdSourcing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

Crowdsourcing cont. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

Real Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

Real Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Journalism 2.0 – How to Survive and Thrive – Chapter 4: ‘New Reporting Methods”

Wikis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Creating a ‘Budget Line’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

26 Feb 09 Online Journalism Crowdsourcing Wikis Story Ideas

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