Between civic and data journalism: how to work on a crowdsourced journalistic investigation #ijf16

05/03/2023 #ijf16 @rosybattaglia


How to work on a crowdsourced investigation: “Cittadini Reattivi's methode”

Data-driven reporting, crowdmapping, social media engagement, online

petitions, whistleblowing platforms.

Choose one, some or all of them. How best to involve citizens (and indeed

other journalists) in creating journalism of quality and/or of

public interest.

And what tools to use to best achieve this.


“Crowdsourcing journalism”for Tow Center for Digital Journalism is...

“Journalism crowdsourcing is the act of specifically inviting a group of people to participate in a reporting task

— such as newsgathering, data

collection, or analysis — through a targeted, open call for input; personal

experiences; documents; or other contributions.”

http://towcenter.org/research/guide-to-crowdsourcing/


“There are no journalists, there is only the service of journalism”

“So then what the hell is journalism?It is a service. It is a service whose end, again, is an informed public. Journalism helps communities organize their knowledge so they can better organize themselves.”

Jeff Jarvis,Buzzmachinehttp://buzzmachine.com/2013/06/30/there-are-no-journalists-there-is-only-journalism/


“Build with, not (only) for” (cit.Laurenellen McCann)

Gather information

Find communities and reports

Create engagement

Involve in the process of production and selection (curation) of the news


“Il codice è insieme software e regola di comportamento”

cit. Luca De Biase

http://blog.debiase.com/2013/05/05/media-civici-una-costellazione-di-iniziative-emergenti-il-codice-e-software-e-comportamento/


Crowdmapping and factcheking in Cittadini Reattivi Platform and on Wired


Civic, investigative and crowdsourcing journalism

Stakeholders > Reactive citizens,Commities, Associations, Local Government Officials, Civic Networks, Scientists

Speakers > Pubblic Administration, Public Health nnd Environmental, Controls, Companies

Channels > Social Network, Civic Media and Citiziten Platform, Newspapers Tools and The Role of information > Not only

investigations: Engagement and crowdsoucing, Data Journalism, Civic e Citizen Journalism,

Whistleblower’s Platform


Asbestos investigation in Italy: from 34,000 contaminated sites

up to 300,000

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Investigation timeline: “The price of asbestos” published on Wired Italy in 2015

started by Cittadini Reattivi in 2013, and to be continued...

http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1jWD8irA9J9EykjGU-GeMX7xN_-DGvxOmUcmHsRARZe4&font=Default&lang=en&height=650


Petition to demand transparency on Change.org: #addioamianto (bye bye asbestos)

69,000 signatures


Engagement and community: civic media and social networks

but also e-mail and newsletters


Data journalism and Social network for investigation and

feed back


Right of access to information for citizens and journalists:

Chiedi platform by Diritto di Sapere


Civil Society, Journalists and Citizens in Italy ask true Freedom of Information Act


Online platform for whistleblowers, in collaboration with Hermes Center for Transparency

and Digital Human Rights


We are not alone in the world (thanks Propublica):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/170joKlpiLfn8qlnT7lxSJgJKq1IDg_KVilezkbE68U0/viewform


“Just as Superman gets his powers from the sun’s rays, the locus of our power as

journalists is the people we serve”(cit. Josh Stearn)

https://medium.com/@jcstearns/journalists-have-superpowers-and-communities-are-the-source-2a02cbb60f7f#.gc2mogfr0


Crowdmapping, crowdsourcing...crowdfunding!

“la información entendida como bien común, exige colaboración económica y

participación ciudadana” Víctor Sampedro Catedrático de Opinión Pública y Comunicación Política en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid


“All'origine dei grandi cambiamenti ci sono sempre delle

singole azioni” Edgar Morin

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Between civic and data journalism: how to work on a crowdsourced journalistic investigation #ijf16