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Collectively, we could do what a single reporter or traditional news organization could not. We dispatched people to report on dozens of events happening simultaneously around the country. We distributed research tasks among hundreds of volunteers, instead of a handful of paid reporters working full-time for weeks. Ground-level access, networked intelligence, and distributed labor became our editorial mainstays. More than twelve thousand people eventually ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 5, 2009

Fascinating article by OffTheBus project manager Amanda Michel about the groundbreaking work her team didat Huffington Post to spearhead one of the most interesting citizen journalism efforts of 2008. Candid observations about what worked and what didn't, with extensive factual information and examples. A must read for anyone interested in citizen journalism.

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