The new NewAssignment.net site has launched, pushing the prospect of open-source reporting on a massive scale a step nearer.

The NA.net test site has soft launched with blogs discussing networked reporting projects from, among others, co-founder Jay Rosen and its new editor David Cohn.

The site proper is still under construction and is not expected to go live until the New Year. The current incarnation will be used to recruit contributors and to preview the Lab section - its testing and tinkering area.

The Lab site is asking for submissions for 'Polling Place Photo Project', its first big-networked report that will take the form of an open-source photographic essay looking at US mid-term election day on 7 November.

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