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An intriguing experiment
"At NewsTrust, people post links to stories they recommend and then fill out a form to evaluate the story's reliability. These ratings don't just apply to a single story, but are assigned to the news organization (or individual) so that they create a reputation over time."
San Jose Mercury News - Chris O'Brien |
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From the Daily Me to the Daily We
"If the 'wisdom of the crowds' is to be brought to bear on the news, NewsTrust may point the way. ... Not only can users submit stories and rate them on a variety of criteria, such as importance, sourcing, and fairness, but there are also methods of rating the reliability of news organizations, and even of fellow users."
The Guardian - Dan Kennedy |
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News the Crowd Can Use
"NewsTrust's Fabrice Florin envisions a process in
which established news publications and quality-based crowdsourcing/social
news sites would partner more closely with each other, and leverage each
other's expertise to further the public interest."
Wired News - Patrick Crawford |
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Policing the press
"NewsTrust aims to spotlight excellence. ... It hopes to support itself by offering media outlets its rating service, which would enable readers and viewers to rate stories based on criteria such as fairness, objectivity, factual evidence, clarity and relative importance."
The Baltimore Sun - Nick Madigan |
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Deeper than Digg
"The site is looking to judge news articles online by quality, rather than
simple popularity, with a more finely grained evaluation of news stories
than one gets from the gladiatorial thumbs-up, thumbs-down votes by which
stories live and die on Digg. (...) NewsTrust, in essence, aims to counter
the fascination of the inclusive crowd -- picture Britney Spears on a
Linux-based iPod sold by Microsoft -- with the wisdom of the vetted crowd."
InformationWeek - Thomas Claburn |
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Web news opposites
"NewsTrust's more thoughtful approach can yield dramatically different top stories. On Tuesday, NewsTrust's users selected 'Top Ten Myths About Iraq 2006,' from a blog written by Juan Cole, president of the Global Americana Institute. Digg's top story was '50 Reasons -- why it's great to be a Guy!!' from a blog written by someone named Mike in Los Angeles. "
San Jose Mercury News - Elise Ackerman |
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It ain't easy knowing who you can trust
"The promise that the NewsTrust model presents is that wherever our news search and browsing takes us, we'll see aids that will help us determine the quality of an online news source and ratings of individual stories."
Editor & Publisher - Steve Outing |
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Citizens keep watch on the quality of journalism
"Rating with multiple criteria has a curious effect: at first, you're
encouraged to read the article more carefully. And when it's time to rate
the article, you feel an irresistible need to take a second look at certain
sections, to make sure that your verdict will be correct. This invites a
more attentive and critical review, making us better readers. And this is
one of NewsTrust's central objectives."
Le Monde - Francis Pisani (translated from the French) |
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'Next generation' news site
"By building up an archive of ratings and recommendations over time, NewsTrust will provide an increasingly comprehensive database of credibility for individual publications and even individual journalists."
The Guardian - Jemima Kiss |
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Independent Sources |
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Upholding the sturdy old virtues
"One of interesting things about the NewsTrust initiative is that is has both emergent and conservative ideas built into it. The news judgment of newsroom priests is dethroned. The people formerly known as the audience take over the 'gate,' as it were. But the virtues upheld--accuracy, fairness, evidence, proportion, decency, respect for our intelligence--are the old sturdy ones."
PressThink - Jay Rosen |
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A fascinating experiment
"NewsTrust.net is one of those eye-opening experiments with social networking that leaves an old newspaper guy shaking his head in awe... To fully appreciate NewsTrust you need to knock around the site. Simply put, this entry into crowd sourcing tries to measure quality of journalism and not the sheer popularity of stories. ... Educationally, the sites offers some exciting possibilities."
Walter Cronkhite School of Journalism - Tim McGuire |
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A quest to bring quality news to the public
"Instead of trafficking in snarky commentary, NewsTrust ranks its stories based on quality. A pop-up window appears next to articles and asks users whether multiple points of view are presented, numerous sources are used rather than only a few, and if the author is editorializing or providing an honest assessment of information."
Marin Independent Journal - Tad Whitaker |
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Identifying quality journalism
"NewsTrust seeks to identify articles that follow sound journalistic principles and are particularly well done. Approaching its second birthday, the project has built a body of material and participants."
Poynter Online - Rick Edmunds |
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A much-needed effort
"[NewsTrust] is much-needed in our new, loose, distributed
media world: They want to answer the question, Whom do we trust? Ratings,
reputation, and trust are critically important elements in an open medium
where all can and do publish. ... As more people use NewsTrust, its
worldview is likely to widen ... lots of you should go to NewsTrust and
start rating stories and sources; the more the better."
BuzzMachine - Jeff Jarvis |
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NewsTrust goes way beyond sites like Digg
"NewsTrust is an experiment in rating and ranking journalism that goes way beyond sites like Digg or Slashdot. ... give it a try."
Instapundit - Glenn Reynolds |
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A tale of two social newsfilter sites
"This San Jose Mercury News story compares the well-known and for-profit
Digg with the lesser-known and probably far more important not-for-profit
NewsTrust."
Boing Boing - Xeni Jardin |
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NewsTrust is cool
"It is cool because it will help me find things I might not otherwise find.
It is cool because it might help improve the quality of journalism. It is
cool because it is a worthwhile application of the power of social media,
not a silly application thereof."
Philanthropy 2173 - Lucy Bernholz |
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A new twist: voting for news you trust
"While Digg prides itself on letting users remain anonymous,
NewsTrust requires a full name to register, keeping their reviewers
accountable. That feature alone may prevent special interest groups from
creating a dominant presence on the site."
NewAssignment.net - David Cohn |
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Readers as editors
"Fascinating project, where readers become involved in the editorial process by rating and commenting on news stories. (Motto: Your guide to good journalism.)"
Social Media Group - JD Lasica |
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The Wikipedia of Social News Sites
"Unlike Digg, Reddit, Netscape and other services which base the popularity of online news in a single vote, NewsTrust's rating system is based on 10 voting criteria. ... And yes, NewsTrust is a non-profit venture, which kind of fortifies it as a form of Wikipedia of Social News Sites."
Search Engine Journal - Loren Baker |
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Which News Can You Trust Online?
"NewsTrust is an intriguing online news rating service intended to help people identify
quality journalism."
Poynter Online - Amy Gahran |
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Social ratings for quality journalism
"NewsTrust.net strives to help newshounds find quality journalism. (...) Considering its quest for quality and the following it has already gathered even before its launch, NewsTrust will be a social news site to watch."
Editors Weblog - John Burke |
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Journalism 2.0
"NewsTrust has taken the idea of social networks and applied it to journalism. ... It is one of the most exciting developments I've come across in a while - it really does have transformational possibilities."
A Fine Blog - Allison Fine |
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