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Part 5: Group 3 prototype, the nomadic community journalist
GROUP 3 PROTOTYPE
The concept
Our group identified two major problems: the disappearance of local journalism institutions and a public disconnected from journalists. So we wondered, "how might nomadic journalists work and how would community life continue to be successful?" This idea builds on Group 2 (inadvertently), mixes Spot.Us, Innocentive.com, OhMyNews.com, uWeb/iTunes/iNews and other journalism movements: public journalism, ...Part 4: Group 2 prototype, an incentive for democracy
GROUP 2 PROTOTYPE
The concept
This group wanted to develop a point system on a news website. For every activity users do, they receive points. People receive more or less points depending on their level of engagement. For example, commenting on a story nets maybe 2 points, but writing your own story is worth 10. The site basically ...Part 3: Group 1 prototypes, reviving public spaces
GROUP 1 PROTOTYPES
The concept
They wanted to create a news experience around a physical public space, likened to town halls of Benjamin Franklin's day. So they chose to partner with places like Starbucks, Wal-Mart and other congregation areas within communities. In doing this, you create a cohesive community that centers around news, interest-based conversations and tasty merchandise. As ...Part 2: Discoveries and highlights, where journalists and IDEO intersect
DISCOVERIES AND HIGHLIGHTS
How might we?
The rest of the day was spent identifying a series of problems in journalism. I unfortunately can only speak for my group but I think these were important points:- News is horribly fragmented/decentralized
- Journalists produce for journalists because there is no reliable system of feedback from readers
- If readers need to learn "media literacy" ...