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This week Gawker reported on a piece of investigative journalism in the New York Times which was estimated to have cost $400,000
“That $400,000 number comes straight fromTimes Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati estimating what it would’ve cost…had the Times paid for it in its entirety. But the bill for it was heavily footed by ProPublica, a independent non-profit “newsroom” doing investigative [...]
I recently had something of a mini-crisis of confidence: “Was Help Me Investigate really needed?” I was asking myself. Given that investigations already take place on blogs, on forums, and in Facebook groups, is a tool like this really needed?
The original idea behind HMI was inspired by investigations like these. Imagine, I thought, if there [...]
I’ve used Widgetbox to create a simple little widget that you can use to show the latest investigations on your Facebook page or blog. This will help spread the word about various investigations.
You can find the widget listed on Widgetbox here. Click on any of the boxes to the right which will help you embed [...]
In the first of a series of posts reflecting on the first 10 weeks of Help Me Investigate I’m going to look at how social dynamics played out on HMI, and what we might do on that side of things if we move into full development.
What sort of community?
One of the most exciting points of [...]
The Investigate This! blog have written about Help Me Investigate before, so I thought I’d return the compliment and point out this useful resource for anyone interested in investigative journalism, whether in Canada or not. There you go.
That’s the way Tom Scotney describes Help Me Investigate in a recent article where he talks about his experiences of the site for Journalism.co.uk.
