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ProPublica launches Get Involved reader collaboration area
5th Mar 2013
The investigative news outlet will also be producing a 'consistent metric' to measure participation levels in different projects, in a bid to grow engagement further

Channel 4 News 'No Go Britain' campaign wins award
21st Feb 2013
How Channel 4 News used social media to crowdsource transport problems faced by disabled people

Guardian creates 'live music map' of reader gig reviews
26th Nov 2012
The Guardian's crowdmap displays reader gig reviews shared by Twitter and pictures posted to Instagram

Twelve tips on harnessing the power of a news community
8th Aug 2012
A collection of pointers from the Guardian, Economist, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera and Chartbeat on how to gain greater community interaction and contribution, as shared at our news:rewired conference last month

Help Me Investigate founder takes platform open source
4th Feb 2011
Paul Bradshaw said the move will help to improve the technology behind the site and address legal and geographical weaknesses

Australian crowdfunded news site YouCommNews publishes first story
16th Nov 2010
Money for the report, which looks at suffered of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, was donated by 17 donors with contributions ranging from $5 to $100

Australian answer to Spot.Us' 'community-powered' journalism gathers momentum
27th May 2010
YouCommNews project will take ideas and funding from site members to support journalists and reports

Local newspaper brings social media update to historical archive
11th May 2010
The Argus in Brighton will use Twitter to re-stage the Mass Observation projects of the 30s and 40s, while the University of Sussex calls for diary entries for the official archive

Telegraph launches crowdsourced debate site for general election
23rd Mar 2010
Debate2010 will ask users for ideas and votes on policy issues to provide threaded, 'pithy' discussion

New Channel 4 site analyses 'who knows who' in UK politics
12th Nov 2009
Website teams up with mySociety and users to create crowdsourced tool

Telegraph planned to release the unredacted data from day one, says digital production head
24th Jun 2009
It cost the Telegraph just $19 to release PDF information using Issuu

Guardian launches 'major crowdsourcing experiment' with MPs' expenses application
17th Jun 2009
Within 90 minutes of its launch, 1,700 users had 'audited' parliament data using new tool

Halifax Evening Courier to crowd-source interview questions
29th May 2008
Johnston Press paper is the first to use interactive news site Yoosk to source interview questions from readers

London Mayor candidates bypass mainstream media to answer questions on crowdsourcing website
16th Apr 2008
Candidates challenged by questions from Yoosk subscribers in online debate