12. Public Insight Network crowdsourcing
• Online tools to find
otherwise difficult-
to-find sources,
experts for your
reporting
• 140,000 sources in
database
• Collaborative
opportunities with
60 other
newsrooms,
university journalism
programs
• Work with CU’s
“PIN analysts”
• EXAMPLE: CU
concealed-carry,
guns in
Academic partners: CU-Boulder, Arizona State, classroom
University of Missouri, University of Montana
13. Public Insight Network crowdsourcing
Who can be a PIN source? ... ANYONE!
• College student
• Your mom, dad, sister, brother
• Ski instructor
• Politician
• Police officer
• Homeless person (who uses library for Internet)
• Musician
• Private pilot
• NCAR scientist ...
14. Pay for content collected by contributors
London-based; operates worldwide
15. Pay for content collected by contributors
Demotix daily
e-mail assignments
Smartphone app
for Demotix
reporters,
photographers
17. Pay users of mobile app to help you
• Make assignments to the
crowd, eyewitnesses
• $4 - $100
• Ask for photos, video,
fact-checking, etc.
• Free smartphone app for
“Gigwalkers”