In the penultimate part of the serialisation of research underpinning a new Help Me Investigate project I explore the qualities that successful crowdsourcing investigations shared. Previous parts are linked below: Part 1: Investigative journalism; conceptualising Help Me Investigate Part 2: Building the site Part 3: Reflections on the Proof of Concept phase Part 4: The London Weekly case study Part 5: What are the
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Continuing the serialisation of the research underpinning a new Help Me Investigate project, in this fifth part I explore the characteristics of crowdsourcing outlined in the literature. Previous parts are linked below: Part 1: Investigative journalism; conceptualising Help Me Investigate Part 2: Building the site Part 3: Reflections on the Proof of Concept phase Part 4: The London Weekly case study What are the
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Here’s one of those posts I never expected to be writing: my presentation on Writing for the Web has been translated into Montenegrin by Andrijana Rabrenovic, Senior lecturer of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Podgorica, Montenegro. Here it is:
Something interesting happened to journalism when it moved from print and broadcast to the web. Aspects of the process that we barely thought about started to be questioned: the ‘story’ itself seemed less than fundamental. Decisions that you didn’t need to make as a journalist – such as what medium you would use – were becoming part of the job.
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A few weeks back I wrote about my ‘network infrastructure’ – the combination of social networks, an RSS reader and social bookmarking that can underpin a person’s journalism work. As I said there, the social bookmarking element is the one that people often fail to get, so I wanted to further illustrate how I use Delicious specifically, with a case
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Joining the Spanish and Russian translations of the Model for a 21st Century Newsroom is this version in Thai. Many thanks to Sakulsri Srisaracam: (แปลเป็นภาษาไทยโดยอ.สกุลศรี ศรีสารคามจาก Blog onlinejournalismblog.com ของ Paul Bradshaw) ธรรมชาติของสื่อออนไลน์ที่สำคัญคือ มีความเร็ว (Speed) นักข่าวสามารถเผยแพร่ รายงานข่าวผ่านเครื่องมือบนอินเตอร์เน็ตและเทคโนโลยีมือถือที่เชื่อมต่อกับโลกออนไลน์ได้อย่างรวดเร็วมากกว่าสื่อวิทยุและโทรทัศน์ที่เคยเป็นแชมป์ในเรื่องนี้ ความเร็วที่ทำได้ทันที จากทุกที่ ทุกมุมทำให้รูปแบบการรับสาร การส่งสาร และความต้องการข่าวสารของผู้บริโภคต่างไปจากเดิม
Yesterday I asked – on this blog, on my Facebook page, and on Twitter – what Android phones were best for a journalism student who didn’t want to buy an iPhone or BlackBerry. The blog post comments are particularly informative on the key features to look out for, while the tweets provide a good overview of who recommends what, and
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For some years now, I have started every online journalism course I teach with an introduction to three key tools: RSS readers, social networks, and social bookmarking. These are, I believe, the basis of a network infrastructure which few modern journalists – whatever their platform – can do without. The word ‘network’ is key here – because I believe one
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Previously this serialised chapter for the forthcoming book Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive? looked at new business models surrounding investigative journalism and online investigative journalism as a genre. This third and final part looks at how changing supplies of information change the context within which investigative journalism operates. What next for investigative journalism in a world of information overload? But this
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The first part of this serialised chapter for the forthcoming book Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive? looked at new business models surrounding investigative journalism. This second part looks at how new ways of gathering, producing and distributing investigative journalism are emerging online. Online investigative journalism as a genre Over many decades print and broadcast investigative journalism have developed their own
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