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Mr Web 2.0 on a new form of news breaking

Or is it so new? Tim O’Reilly (the chap credited with coining the term ‘Web 2.0′) tells of his admiration for one blogger’s handling of a breaking news story…Journalism is Burning Or How Breaking News is Broken: “It wasn’t the subject of Scott’s story that stood out; it was the way he was telling it [...]

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A journalist’s guide to crowdsourcing

A useful take from Robert Niles at Online Journalism Review on established media using the power of crowds to supplement news stories.
In a true crowdsourced project, information is not verified manually by a reporter between submission and publication. Which inspired concern from many traditional reporters.
A well-designed crowdsourcing project, like a well-edited newsroom, can discourage bogus [...]

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