Design Research > Crowdsourcing for Journalism
In Search of Best Practices for Journalistic Crowdsourcing
by Kira Furuichi , Isabel Seidel
We rely on journalists to tell our stories, tell us the stories of others, and provide to us unbiased and important news. Journalism is the cornerstone for holding public officials accountable, the truth transparent, and the public informed. Journalists and newsrooms play a unique and invaluable role, and the stories they tell have an impact like no other. The public—the crowd—however, are central in helping journalists create and transform stories. The crowd’s unique knowledge and...