Mobile Devices and
Social Media for
Citizen Journalism
Dave Troy
@davetroy

Seeing the Future

Not This

Not This

Partners

Build Something

Use off-the-shelf
http://blog.twittervotereport.com
components

TwitterVoteReport
“#votereport 80303 wait:75”

TwitterVoteReport
66937
#votereport
#votereport

Adhearsion for Voice Processing Integrated with Rails

iPhone App

http://votereport.us/feeds/1.json , 2.json, 3.json, ...
Share your Content http://highearthorbit.com

Visualizations

Share your Content http://tvr.openideals.net

Analysis + Iterate http://blog.fortiusone.com/2008/11/06/post-
election-analysis-and-data/

AV dude, please click here:
http://votereport.us/TimeView/applet/index.html

Build a Community

Give Feedback http://votereport.us/reports/stats

Make Friends and
Prepare to Scale

Watch Democracy Work http://votereport.us/?q=bad

InaugurationReport
66937
#inaug09
#inaug09
GeoRSS
KML

Some Stats

Some Stats
12,600 Reports

Some Stats
12,600 Reports 41,100 Reports

What’s Next?
ushahidi.com

Questions?
Twitter: @davetroy
dave@roundhousetech.com
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Twittervision
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Investing: @baltimoreangels
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