Social Networking

Connecting your users with other users can be a great way to drive traffic -- and it gives you a great "in" to tap into their knowledge base, get opinions or request photos or eye-witness accounts.

NBCOlympics.com’s Twitter Tracker

http://www.nbcolympics.com/olympicpulse/tweet-tracker/index.html

NBC Olympics

During the 2010 Winter Games, NBCOlympics.com did not just cover the athletic competition.  It also offered site users a chance to track tweets related to the games. In a visually engaging way, fans could see what the world is talking about in real time. By clicking on a topic, the Twitter Tracker sorts out secondary keywords. Gold medal from us!

Turning The Camera Around: Health Care Stakeholders

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/hearing-pano/

NPR

Rather than taking pictures of the Senate members at a hearing, an NPR photographer took a panoramic picture of the crowd that attended.  NPR then asked its listeners to identify lobbyists and other individuals that had a stake in the outcome of the hearing.

360Degrees.org

http://www.360degrees.org/

Interactive production company Picture Projects created this site to “challenge your perceptions about who is in prison today and why.” The site tells criminal justice stories from a variety of perspectives—the victim, the convict, the lawyer, etc.—using panoramic photos, voice clips, and links to related information. Other features like a criminal justice theory quiz, message boards, and a comprehensive criminal justice timeline complete the package.

WWF - Climate Witness

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/problems/people_at_risk/personal_stories/index.cfm

The World Wildlife Fund for Nature created this interactive map and participatory site where “climate witnesses” are invited to share their stories of their experiences with global warming. A picture of each contributer is placed on a clickable world map, from which users can navigate to the witness stories.

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