The document discusses how technology has democratized news by allowing citizens to contribute information in real-time. It notes that during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, mobile and online communication enabled a collective response. It also highlights challenges like making sense of large amounts of real-time data and distributing digital media across diverse devices.

1. TECHNOLOGY + THE
DEMOCRATIZATION
OF NEWS

3. Juliana Rotich Erik Hersman Ory Okolloh David Kobia

8. “Citizens that were once only passive
recipients of information are now
contributors to the story.”
- Dale Zak, Ushahidi developer

9. January 2010: 3,584 reports and 500,000 views

11. “The 2010 Haiti earthquake response will
be remembered as the moment when the
level of access to mobile and online
communication enabled a kind of
collective intelligence to emerge.”
- Disaster Relief 2.0, the United Nations

13. Capturing
Storing
Calculating
Media monitoring
Sourcing
Geo-localizing
Categorization
Analysis
Report authoring
Verification

15. Media monitoring
Sourcing
Geo-localizing
Categorization
Analysis
Report authoring
Verification

16. Media monitoring Geo-localizing
Sourcing
Media monitoring
Sourcing Analysis Categorization
Geo-localizing
Categorization
Analysis
Report authoring Report authoring Verification
Verification

17. Media monitoring Geo-localizing
Sourcing
Analysis Categorization
Report authoring Verification

19. It’s hard to make sense of
a lot of real-time information
in short periods of time.

25. Diversity of devices
disrupts the distribution
of digital media.

26. CREATE ONCE +
PUBLISH ANYWHERE

30. It’s hard to make sense of
a lot of real-time information
in short periods of time.
Diversity of devices
disrupts the distribution
of digital media.

44. swiftly.org

45. Make sense of
a lot of real-time information
in short periods of time.
Distribute digital media
everywhere.

46. DON’T JUST CREATE PRODUCTS
SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS

47. BRANDON ROSAGE
email brandon@ushahidi.com
web brandonrosage.com
twitter @brosage

48. TECHNOLOGY + THE
DEMOCRATIZATION
OF NEWS