This is for "Trends in Communication & Information Technology," JOUR 4871-003, fall 2012, University of Colorado Boulder

1. Crowdsourcing
Part 1
Trends in Communication & Information Technology
JOUR 4871-003

2. Crowdsourcing is an ESSENTIAL
part of journalism now
Video (2:45min)

3. A wealth of crowdsourcing tools for journalists

4. Opportunistic crowdsourcing
Terrorist Potential crowdsourcing tools?
bombing

5. Opportunistic crowdsourcing
Terrorist Potential crowdsourcing tools
bombing

6. Opportunistic crowdsourcing: Geofeedia
Geofeedia: draw map, find recent tweets, photos, video from the crowd

7. Opportunistic crowdsourcing: Geofeedia
Geofeedia: collage view

8. Opportunistic crowdsourcing: Social apps

9. Asking the crowd for (free) help
View webpage

10. Ask users of mobile apps for photos, video
(Similar: Meporter app)

11. Crowdsourcing via Google Hangout On Air
Video (2:30min)

12. Public Insight Network crowdsourcing
• Online tools to find
otherwise difficult-
to-find sources,
experts for your
reporting
• 140,000 sources in
database
• Collaborative
opportunities with
60 other
newsrooms,
university journalism
programs
• Work with CU’s
“PIN analysts”
• EXAMPLE: CU
concealed-carry,
guns in
Academic partners: CU-Boulder, Arizona State, classroom
University of Missouri, University of Montana

13. Public Insight Network crowdsourcing
Who can be a PIN source? ... ANYONE!
• College student
• Your mom, dad, sister, brother
• Ski instructor
• Politician
• Police officer
• Homeless person (who uses library for Internet)
• Musician
• Private pilot
• NCAR scientist ...

14. Pay for content collected by contributors
London-based; operates worldwide

15. Pay for content collected by contributors
Demotix daily
e-mail assignments
Smartphone app
for Demotix
reporters,
photographers

16. Pay users of mobile app for photos, video

17. Pay users of mobile app to help you
• Make assignments to the
crowd, eyewitnesses
• $4 - $100
• Ask for photos, video,
fact-checking, etc.
• Free smartphone app for
“Gigwalkers”

18. Crowdsourcing is HUGE (not just for news)