Interactive Journalism

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Interactive Journalism

• The High-Tech
• Approach to Readers
• Sponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in
  Journalism Foundation

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http//www.electionguide04.com/
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AOL Minister of Fear http//aolsvc.news.aol.com/e
lections/article.adp?id20040714210209990006
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New Media Focus on

• Speed
• Delivery Platform
• Mix
• Revenue
• Moving Parts

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US vs. THEM
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Me-Too News

• More Noise

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Early InteractionsTown Meetings
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Mock Juries Civic Journalism
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Attachment, Involvement

• Meaningful Information

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Instead focus on Connections
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Connections consist of

• People
• Relationships
• Interactions
• Participation
• Involvement

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Readership Institutewww.readership.org

• Key News Experiences
• Looks out for my civic, personal interests
• Makes me smarter
• Give me something to talk about

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Readership Institute

• Recommendations
• Create experiences
• Tweak less, innovate more

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Media Participation Involvement

• Story Making Story Telling
• Constructing Deconstructing Stories
• News Experiences News Stories
• Civic Participation Civic News

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Pablo Boczkowski

• News Moving from being journalist-centered, a
  monologue and primarily local, to being
  increasingly audience-centered, part of multiple
  conversations and micro-local

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Truthsquading www.factcheck.org
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www.followthemoney.org
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MoveOn.org Bush ads
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MoveOns Childs Play
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Fahrenheit 9/ll
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Remixes Deans Scream
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Future News

• Story Making
• vs.
• Story Telling

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Story Making

• Internal Consuming stories people make
• External Making the stories people consume

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Internal Story Making

• How do you
• get your news?

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Internal Story Making Individuals as News
Aggregators

• Newspapers, Headlines, Photos
• Radio, TV
• Internet, Blogs
• Emails
• Cell Phones
• Comedy

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www.dailykos.com
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www.andrewsullivan.com
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www.wonkette.com
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Jim Romeneskos blog
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Cell Phone, E-Mail Alerts
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Jon Stewarts The Daily Show
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External Story MakingCitizen-Created Content

• Blogs
• News Exercises
• Email Correspondents
• Citizen Journalists
• HLCMs - Hyperlocal citizens media

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Technorati Election Watch 2004
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www.ohmynews.com
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HLCM Hyperlocal Citizens Media
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www.northwestvoice.com
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Future News

• For Journalists
• Deconstructing Stories
• Build the components
• that help users
• co-author the story

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Future News

• News Experiences
• vs.
• News Stories

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Future News

• Web site
• Not just something you READ
• Something you DO

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Involve people by

• Showing Telling
• Knowledge News
• Entry Points
• Telling own Stories
• Inviting Participation

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Chinese Proverb

• I hear and I forget.
• I see and I remember.
• I do and I understand.

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New News Experiences

• Blogs
• Calculators
• Clickable Maps
• Searchable Databases
• Games
• Web site creation
• E-Newsletters
• Choices, Simulations

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Calculators
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Clickable Maps
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Games
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Choices exercises
AOL President Match Quiz
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www.projo.com
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WashPosts Lean Plate Club
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KU Coach Manginos Clipboard
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KUs Jayhawks
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Build Connections
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Meaningful Interaction

• No Noise

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Click on "Cool Stuff"
and Batten Awards
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KQEDs You Decidehttp//www.kqed.org/t
opics/news/perspectives/youdecide/
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P.O.Vs Borders/ Airhttp//www.pbs.org
/pov/borders/2004/air/index.html
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USATODAY.com Sing my Song
http//www.usatoday.com/life/graphics/new_song/fla
sh.htm
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KQEDs You Decide
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KQEDs You Decide
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Are you sure?
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http//www.pbs.org/pov/borders/2004/air/air_hybrid
.html
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P.O.Vs Participation Ops