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BRAVE NEW WORLD
Technology Improving Investigative Journalism

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New Tools. Same principles.

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Watchdog
Online
helped
Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel
win 2008
Pulitzer
Prize.

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Same journalism. New approach.

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Take advantage
of technology

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Transparent
Take advantage
of technology

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Transparent
Authentic
Take advantage
of technology

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Transparent
Authentic
Collaborative
Take advantage
of technology

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Transparent

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Connect with your community
If the Internet teaches us anything,
it is that great value comes from
leaving core resources in a
commons, where they're free for
people to build upon as they see
fit.
- Lawrence Lessig

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Authentic

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Connect with your community
Corporations do not speak in the
same voice as these new
networked conversations. To
their intended online audiences,
companies sound hollow,
flat, literally unhuman.
- Clutetrain Manifesto

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Collaborative

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Collaborative

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New
reporting tools

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Social networks
New
reporting tools

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Social networks
• Facebook, MySpace
New
reporting tools

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Social networks
• Facebook, MySpace
RSS feeds
New
reporting tools

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Social networks
• Facebook, MySpace
RSS feeds
•Google Reader, Netvibes
New
reporting tools

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Social networks
• Facebook, MySpace
RSS feeds
•Google Reader, Netvibes
New Databases
reporting tools

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Social networks
• Facebook, MySpace
RSS feeds
•Google Reader, Netvibes
New Databases
reporting tools • MySQL, Caspio

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Mark Briggs | journalism20.com/blog
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