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Here is an have an idea, ProPublica has a citizen reporter aproach including the adopt a stimulus project; so why not try and incorporate that reporting into projects WPA 2.0 covers. I really hope and expect that there won't be… Continue

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Video Journalism
More a look at the stagnation than stimulus so far, but I guess it's the same topic from the other side, or at least a close match.
Also they appear to be a group of independent content creators (at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism) whom could probably produce and use media created in the WPA 2.0 vein.

I just heard about ShovelWatch< in a half sleep last night on WNYC, and checked it out this morning.

ShovelWatch

All and all it's got way more info than I can digest just this morning, and worth some time getting into over the next few days, but for now the basics are.

ShovelWatch is a joint project of WNYC , (a New York public radio station), ProPublica a New York ba… Continue

I've been looking back on some of my past project collecting stories on the internet. They all have a much smaller focus than this, but I have found it surprising how much interest they continue to gather.

If one was to build a sharing site for WPA 2.0 what would the question posed be? My first though is "In this time of economic fear and change, what has been your glimmering star of hope".
I'd love to hear others ideas of a compelling question.

The content sharing sites gather tends to… Continue