Presentation slides on crowdsourcing information and the tools that can achieve this.

1. Crowdsourcing Information & Crowdsourcing
Tools

3. The act of outsourcing
tasks traditionally
performed by an
employee or contractor
to a large group of
people.

5. Crowdsourcing Information
in Journalism

6. Participatory Journalism
It is about allowing
audience participation
in the news and
information process.
Also known as Citizen
journalism,
collaborative media,
democratic
journalism, guerrilla
journalism or street
journalism,

7. The idea is to tap into the collective WISDOM OF THE CROWD on any
issue you are dealing with
MAKE AN OPEN CALL
DEFINED OR UNDEFINED
BOUNDED OR UNBOUNDED

8. Audience
Participatio
n at main
news
outlet.
Fully
participatory
sites
www.ohmy
news.com
www.public
now.com
Citizen
Journalism
/ Citizen
reporters
An Article
written by
audience
member.
NTVGO
APP
Agatilikonf
ufu
NBS Your
Story

9. To keep
relevant and up
to date,
Journalists can
surely tap into
the creative
intelligence of
the large online
and offline
crowds.

10. TYPES OF CROWDSOURCED JOURNALISM
CROWDSOURCED CROWDSOURCED
CROWDSOURCED DATA ANALYSIS

12. CROWDSOURCING JOURNALISM TOOLS
Ushahidi www.ushahidi.com Frontline SMS www.frontlinesms.com
Clickatell www.clickatell.com Social media – Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

13. • Ideas
• Facts
• Witness
LEADS
INVESTIGATE
ANALYSIS
AUTHORIN
G
EDIT
PULISH
ANIMATE
• Communication
• Consultation
• Witness
• Checking
• Patterns
• Expert Review
• Writing
• Multimedia
• Code
• Copy
• Peer
• Crowd
• Host
• Promote
• Share
• Update
• Debate
CROWDSOURCING APPLIED ACROSS THE NEWS PROCESS

16. How can we leverage on the Virtual workforce using
crowdsourcing?

17. How can we leverage on the Virtual workforce using
crowdsourcing?

18. How can we leverage on the Virtual workforce using
crowdsourcing?

19. How can we leverage on the Virtual workforce using
crowdsourcing?

20. CROWDSOURCING Vs CROWDFUNDING: WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Seeks information
or work product
Seeks money to
support individuals,
charities, or startup
companies
Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding

21. Examples of Crowdfunding platforms include:
www.indiegogo.com www.kickstarter.com
www.gofundme.com
www.gogetfunding.com

22. 1 to Many, Many to Many and Many to 1
Traditional media, One
to Many
Many to Many Many to one
Media House/Journalist

23. The significance of Crowdsourcing to Businesses /Journalism
Need for full perspective on pertinent issues
1 to Many, Many to Many and Many to 1As
Ability to work with people who have skills that an in-
house team may not have
Efficient way of solving time-intensive problems
Cost savings, speed
Social Good, Inclusion of Voices

24. Shortcomings of Crowdsourcing
Ethics. Journalism is not Freedom of Expression
Lack of confidentiality or ownership on an idea
Anonymity/Security
Hidden Cost / Time / Resources
Legal/attribution