Tag: Crowdsourcing

St. Louis Gets News At The Breakfast Table With “Beacon & Eggs” Series

St. Louis Gets News At The Breakfast Table With “Beacon & Eggs” Series

Posted on April 15, 2011  |  Ideas We Like

Beacon & Eggs is a monthly event that brings the St. Louis Beacon staff into the community to meet and greet with community members and discuss local issues around St. Louis. Coffee and pastries are served, followed by a panel discussion - all for free.

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Councilpedia

Councilpedia

Posted on February 8, 2011  |  Ideas We Like

Councilpedia by Gotham Gazette "Keeping Track of City Officials" by enabling readers of New York City to share information about city elected officials and the people and organizations that give them money.

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Veteran’s Day Map

Veteran’s Day Map

Posted on November 10, 2010  |  Ideas We Like

TBD.com is inviting users to put a pin on their Google map with information on where they served in the military or where their family members were stationed. 

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Crowdsourcing Subway Trouble

Crowdsourcing Subway Trouble

Posted on August 24, 2010  |  Ideas We Like

Metro: D.C.- area start-up, TBD.com, is pulling together specific complaints about Metro outages and issues into a map, as the transit system has been plagued with delays and safety concerns.

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Mapping The BP Oil Spill

Mapping The BP Oil Spill

Posted on May 8, 2010  |  Ideas We Like

After the oil leak in the gulf, cartographers flew into action creating oil spill maps using weather balloons and kites.

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Election Wordtrain

Election Wordtrain

Posted on December 17, 2008  |  Ideas We Like

Throughout Election Day, NYTimes.com readers submitted the words that best described their moods.

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15211: Survey Says ...

15211: Survey Says ...

Posted on November 11, 2008  |  Ideas We Like

15211 Wordpress neighborhood  blog from Pittsburgh's Mt. Washington. Check out their entertaining poll archive.

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techPresident - 10 Questions

techPresident - 10 Questions

Posted on June 16, 2008  |  Ideas We Like

From the producers of 2007 Knight-Batten Grand Prize winner techPresident.com comes 10 Questions, adding an interactive element to the 2008 presidential debates.

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A Chilling Effect? Alaska’s Heartland Reacts To The Patriot Act

A Chilling Effect? Alaska’s Heartland Reacts To The Patriot Act

Posted on June 16, 2008  |  Ideas We Like

Journalism students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks put together this multimedia presentation about how Fairbanks residents feel about the USA Patriot Act and the continuing war on terror.

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Perfect Duluth Day: Where’s My WiFi?

Perfect Duluth Day: Where’s My WiFi?

Posted on June 11, 2008  |  Ideas We Like

Duluth area Wiki ist of free WiFi hot spots featured on the Duluth community blog which has an amusing array of links, photos, videos and some citizen journalism-style Duluth News in the mix.

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