Beat Reporting with a Social Network
It started with: let's take a beat reporter at a local newspaper with a strong online presence and develop with that reporter a beat-specific "smart mob" or social network that would help in reporting stories and doing a better job on the beat. I would secure the cooperation of the paper and its editor, and find a willing reporter for the test. With that idea I applied to the Knight News Challenge 2006 competition. I thought I would start with a single reporter covering a local beat in a particular place. My pilot project, NewAssignment.Net, would work with the journalist...
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