Crowd Sourcing

[Steve Garfield]

Open Letter to the Future President
http://vimeo.com/2139836

Google - Explore flu trends across the U.S. - Crowd sourcing where the crowd doesn't actively contribute. Their Google searches are compiled.

http://www.google.org/flutrends/

Brian Lehrer asking audience to do research
http://twitter.com/brianlehrer
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/press092808....

Public Markup
http://publicmarkup.org/bill/emergency-economic-stabilization-act-2...

Brave New Films
http://bravenewfilms.org/

Ground Report
http://www.groundreport.com/

Spot.us
http://spot.us/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxUqHlZYrRs

What's the difference between Pledge and Donate?

Pledges give reporters a sense of community interest in a news “tip.” It does not represent real money. Nothing is committed - although we ask you pledge only what you’d be willing to eventually donate if a reporter builds a full "pitch" inspired by this tip. Donations to pitches are tax-deductable and are a transaction. If the pitch is unsuccesful, you will receive money back in the form of Spot.Us credits. No matter what your money will go to support journalism. In the future we hope to build out a more dynamic credit system such that credit cards are only charged if the specific pitch you want has reached its funding goal.


NY Times - IRAQ War Ends
http://www.nytimes-se.com/

Jeff Jarvis - Newsless - News is a topic
http://www.newsless.org/

Huffington Post Off The Bus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/p/offthebus-masthead.html

Now Public - Contributions, and Flickr searches find photos
http://my.nowpublic.com/

Twitter Vote Report
http://votereport.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
http://blog.twittervotereport.com/

NPR Debate Fact Check
http://www.npr.org/blogs/politics/2008/10/get_ready_to_factcheck_th...

I Am News
http://www.iamnews.com/

YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/youtube_contest_challenges_us...