__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 27 July 2006 20:03 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Open-source investigations concept launched
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>>| A new concept for investigative journalism has been launched by British
>>| media academic and commentator Jay Rosen. On his blog PressThink, Rosen
>>| suggests an online site called NewAssignment.Net, that raises donations
>>| to pay for projects that mainstream media won't or can't touch, and
>>| assembles the teams to undertake the work.
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http://www.journalism.co.za/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4292&CAMSSID=5679d1deaa6398e41f2ba0d762bda1b8
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> Hey - I like this. The more we get of this, the more we could decouple
> news & documentary work from major vested interests.
Interestingly, some have been calling blogs "Open Source journalism". Here
you have somewhat of an extension or formalisation of this idea, which has
also reached other news sites (ZDNet and another one that I saw earlier
tonight). And, much to my surprise, PJ liked it enough to post it. I had
second thought about posting it to COLA...
Open Source investigations are death knell to journalism that favours and
shelters commercial sponsors by eclipsing their biggest rivals.
Best wishes,
Roy
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