Sometimes the Web Makes me Proud
How can I use social media beyond connecting with my friends?
I think alot of new Web 2.0sters think that ’social media’ can only be used for piecing together last night’s drunken escapades through Facebook pictures. Not true! Just take a look at this nifty idea brought to you by the smart, smart folks at PBS Engage and NewsTrust. The idea is called NewsHunt and connects web users to journalists to generate high quality news coverage of the 2008 Presidential election. The site seems clunky and text heavy, but simple enough. All you have to do is review news articles on the site, rating them on quality. It seems, then, that the users decide which articles report what the general population (at least the web-using ones that frequent this site) deem to be excellence in journalism. Another feature allows you to submit your own stories (unclear, as of now, if that means stories I can write myself, as a citizen journalist, or other stories I find on the web from reputable sources). I like this idea not only because I think the mainstream media needs to take responsibility in producing high quality, informative news concerning the election, but I am a huge advocate of citizen journalism.
This entry was posted on July 3, 2008 at 12:11 pm and is filed under Social Media with tags citizen journalism, election, NewsHunt, NewsTrust, PBS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
July 4, 2008 at 9:44 am
I (heart) social media. Also, thanks for adding me to your bloggy roll! I’ve returned the favor, of course. I’m sure that’s going to drive traffic to your site through the roof. And by “through the roof” I actually mean “you’ll see no impact whatsoever.”