How can bloggers participate more effectively in the 2010 elections? Janette Toral

Goal Discuss issues of importance that will assist voters in deciding on who to vote for by 2010. Get in-depth 2010 election coverage on both national and local level Discuss, compare party platform and go beyond motherhood statements.

Discuss issues of importance that will assist voters in deciding on who to vote for by 2010.

Get in-depth 2010 election coverage on both national and local level

Discuss, compare party platform and go beyond motherhood statements.

Why do it? Resources are available. Numerous election monitoring groups that have personnel and volunteers capable to blog. Have websites and recognize its use but were late in setting up to maximize it. Get more citizens involved worldwide.

Resources are available.

Numerous election monitoring groups that have personnel and volunteers capable to blog.

Have websites and recognize its use but were late in setting up to maximize it.

Get more citizens involved worldwide.

Target audience Election monitoring groups Independent / volunteer citizen bloggers Formerly the “audience”

Election monitoring groups

Independent / volunteer citizen bloggers

Formerly the “audience”

Proposed role of UP-ISP Training resource Organize forums from 2008 to 2010 that shall ramp up participation of bloggers in 2010 elections Aggregator Create a blog site that shall receive feeds from bloggers who have joined or volunteered. Tap “wisdom of the crowd”

Training resource

Organize forums from 2008 to 2010 that shall ramp up participation of bloggers in 2010 elections

Aggregator

Create a blog site that shall receive feeds from bloggers who have joined or volunteered.

Tap “wisdom of the crowd”

Execution Blog site (2007-2010) Set-up blog site Call for nationwide participation You don’t have to be with the “in” group to be able to join. Bloggers Forum (5 training events from 2008 to 2010) Election Coverage 101 journalistic guidance: research, fact-checking Bloggers Handbook Politicians, Platform, Parties 2010 Election critical issues Technologies / Tools for Election Coverage Country case studies (lessons learned)

Blog site (2007-2010)

Set-up blog site

Call for nationwide participation

You don’t have to be with the “in” group to be able to join.

Bloggers Forum (5 training events from 2008 to 2010)

Election Coverage 101

journalistic guidance: research, fact-checking

Bloggers Handbook

Politicians, Platform, Parties

2010 Election critical issues

Technologies / Tools for Election Coverage

Country case studies (lessons learned)

Execution Explore recognition of bloggers for election coverage and gain access to materials. COMELEC Political Conventions

Explore recognition of bloggers for election coverage and gain access to materials.

COMELEC

Political Conventions

Blog site Add Philippines election content to mapping applications such as Google Maps. Find electorate Read Congressional seat profile Polling booth Explore marginal seats View candidates (wiki) Follow candidates Financial info Election videos / podcast by party Request short videos that shall reflect concrete stand on issues.

Add Philippines election content to mapping applications such as Google Maps.

Find electorate

Read Congressional seat profile

Polling booth

Explore marginal seats

View candidates (wiki)

Follow candidates

Financial info

Election videos / podcast by party

Request short videos that shall reflect concrete stand on issues.

Execution Blog site Issues monitor What candidates have said on critical issues? Where do they stand? Where does their party stand? What do they intend to do? Comparative analysis of solutions and financial data. Broad-idea based subjects (technology, financial aid, democracy, ethics, etc.) Election-related news Follow candidates Organize live chat sessions with candidates independent and working with media networks.

Blog site

Issues monitor

What candidates have said on critical issues? Where do they stand? Where does their party stand? What do they intend to do?

Comparative analysis of solutions and financial data.

Broad-idea based subjects (technology, financial aid, democracy, ethics, etc.)

Election-related news

Follow candidates

Organize live chat sessions with candidates independent and working with media networks.

Execution Blog site Polling Share your polling experience

Blog site

Polling

Share your polling experience

Benefits Transparency See full raw report Balance (hopefully) Inspire discussion Commitment to facts, to public consideration, and to independence from faction (Tom Rosenthiel)

Transparency

See full raw report

Balance (hopefully)

Inspire discussion

Commitment to facts, to public consideration, and to independence from faction (Tom Rosenthiel)

Benefits Distributed journalism According to Dan Gillmor, it is analogous to any project or problem that can be broken up into little pieces, where lots of people can work in parallel on small parts of the bigger question and collectively -- and relatively quickly -- bring to bear lots of individual knowledge and/or energy to the matter. The important thing is the parallel activity by large numbers of people, in service of something that would be difficult if not impossible for any one or small group of them to do alone, at least in a timely way. http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/01/distributed_jou.html

Distributed journalism

According to Dan Gillmor, it is analogous to any project or problem that can be broken up into little pieces, where lots of people can work in parallel on small parts of the bigger question and collectively -- and relatively quickly -- bring to bear lots of individual knowledge and/or energy to the matter.

The important thing is the parallel activity by large numbers of people, in service of something that would be difficult if not impossible for any one or small group of them to do alone, at least in a timely way.

http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/01/distributed_jou.html

Thank you Let’s all contribute for a clean elections!

Let’s all contribute for a clean elections!