Presentation for WVU Journalism School

1. Hello West Virginia
University

2. This is one of
134,134,653,324 ideas
• We can experiment with networked
reporting, new editorial structures,
storytelling tools, p data base
journalism and more.

3. Why Experiment?
• Rule of the Internet: Cheaper/
Easier to try than to debate
about trying.
• Stems from “Agile and Iterative”
Fail early, fail often - try again.

4. Community Funded Reporting
• The act of distributing the cost of reporting
across many different people.

5. Required
• Transparency and participation in the
process of journalism.

6. Collaboration
• Content is King and is the most important.
• Collaboration is Queen and is the most powerful

7. What does it look like?

8. The Theory of Donating
• People donate to NPR all the time. What’s the big deal?
Throwing money over a wall
vs......

9. Transparency and Control

10. Community-focused sponsorships

12. The water is fine

13. What YOU can do.
• Get involved.
• Journalism is not passive.
• Start small

14. You can steal this idea!

15. THE GOOD NEWS
“Journalism will survive the death of its institutions.”
Lisa Williams
LET’S STAY POSITIVE!!!!!

16. J-Schools + Students
Have New Obligations

17. Experiment!!!!!!
• There’s a million things we can try.
• We can experiment with networked reporting,
new editorial structures, storytelling tools,
participatory journalism and partnerships between
professional and amateurs.
(go crazy and have fun with it)

18. Here Comes Everybody
• Figuring out success on the web is like
predicting the weather. It’s not an exact
science - but we are getting better all the
time.
• Journalism will only succeed on the
shoulders of its failures. (May a thousand
flowers bloom).
• The law of numbers says we will figure this
out.

19. The Web Isn’t Going Away
• Story time....... How does a four-year-old
interact with the world?

20. Thank You!!!
• www.spot.us
• www.digidave.org
• ROCK ON!!!!!!