Comments on: What’s been happening with Help Me Investigate

By: ValerieInRke

ValerieInRke — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:57:21 +0000

Really interested in this, really, really! Luv investigating and putting 2+2.

So much left out of our newpaper’s stories – dumbed down. Tell it like it is and let the readers decide. I’m on the trail – so much to research that falls by the wayside.

By: Digidave

Digidave — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:22:26 +0000

Big congrats to you Paul. I am really looking forward to seeing what you all produce.

Good luck. If you ever think there is anything I can do to help – let me know.

By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:55:29 +0000

@Renee – successful investigations will be published wherever anyone wants to publish them. We will be either inviting users to write up the results themselves, or writing it up ourselves on the site’s own reports section. I expect, however, that while some users will use the site to bring stories to the attention of the mainstream media, others will react against what they perceive as MSM exploitation/plagiarism – that’s something we’ll be looking into (e.g. Creative Commons licenses, etc.)

By: karthikaswamy

karthikaswamy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:08:22 +0000

This sounds like a great idea. Online organizing is indeed the best tool that the Internet can provide toward an in-depth investigative effort since there is only so much that individual citizens can do. We’ve often seen that the most successful efforts in crowdsourcing have been where labor is carefully divided so individual contributors have discrete tasks (and hopefully ones they enjoy, and hence have a vested interest in). Wishing you the very best with it!

Is there a plan to include crowdfunding so people could contribute monetarily toward issues of interest to them as well?

By: Renee Barnes

Renee Barnes — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:49:49 +0000

This is a really interesting initiative. I am very interested in the idea ‘on making the process itself rewarding, not just the end result. Journalism is a by-product.’ – will the successful investigations be published? If so where – on the website or in a ‘traditional’ media?

By: Steve Jackson

Steve Jackson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:26:36 +0000

Congratulations and I think it’s a fabulous idea. One of those things that you think “great” and then you think about it some more and think “no, really, really great”.

Not only a fabulous application but it could genuinely shape and influence an area of social media and journalism that really needs attention as we look at “what comes next”.

By: Kevin-K

Kevin-K — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:36:50 +0000

Great. Good work!

By: Joanna Geary

Joanna Geary — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:58:58 +0000

I totally agree with Mark and Glyn.
Wishing the HMI team all the very best. It’s going to be exciting!

By: Egrommet

Egrommet — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:30:57 +0000

Good work Paul, and as Mark said above, a project that will be followed with a lot of interest.

By: Nigel Barlow

Nigel Barlow — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:16:02 +0000

looks like a great scheme Paul

Can’t wait to see future developments