Assignment Zero

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Assignment Zero (AZ) is an experiment in crowd-sourced journalism, allowing collaboration between amateur and professional journalists to collectively produce a piece of work that describes correlations between crowd-sourced techniques and a popular movement.

Assignment Zero Front Page

Staff

The following are responsible for the execution of AZ:

  • David Cohn - David Cohn is the associate editor for Assignment Zero. He is currently working toward a master's degree in Journalism at Columbia Univerity, and holds a degree in Philosophy from University of California at Berkeley.[1][2] David has also contributed articles to Seed Magazine. [3]
  • Steve Fox - Steve Fox is the regional coordinator for the Online News Association(ONA) in the Midatlantic Region, based in Washington, D.C.[4] Up until late 2006, Steve was also the Politics Editor at Washingtonpost.com.[5] He is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland's School of Journalism.[6][7]
  • Amanda Michael - Amanda Michael was the Communications Director for the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School from March 2004 to November 2006[8].
  • Jay Rosen - Jay Rosen is the Executive Editor of Assignment Zero. Rosen has been a member of the Journalism faculty at New York University(NYU) since 1986. He has taught courses in media criticism, cultural journalism, press ethics, and other subjects related to journalism.[9]
  • Lauren Sandler - Lauren Sandler was also a former producer and reporter at National Public Radio.[10] In 2000, Lauren graduated from New York University's Cultural Reporting and Criticism program to launch a freelance career in journalism.[11][12]

Theory

The goal of Assignment Zero is to create a publishable, edited story that is an amalgamation of input from various "real" sources. In Jeff Howe's "Guide to Crowdsourcing" on the AZ Site[13],

Support

AZ is a collaborative experiment between Wired Magazine, NewAssignment.net and other participants.

References

  1. ↑ About Page, David Cohn, Journalist. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  2. ↑ LinkedIn: David Cohn, LinkedIn public profile. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  3. ↑ Author: David Cohn, Latest ArticlesSeed: Author: David Cohn. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  4. ↑ ONA News: ONA Regional coordinators, ONA Regional Coordinators. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  5. ↑ Fox, Steve, washingtonpost.com -- Revisiting Watergate - Deep Throat, Woodward, Bernstein. 2006, The Washington Post Company. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  6. ↑ Steve Fox - NewAssignmet.net (profile). Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  7. ↑ Nenf/steve-fox - MediaGiraffe. Retrieved on 2005-04-25.
  8. ↑ Archived Bio for Amanda Michael, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Profile: Amanda Michael. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  9. ↑ Faculty: Jay Rosen, Journalism at NYU - Faculty. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  10. ↑ All Things Considered, November 2, 1998, NPR: Young Voters. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  11. ↑ Faculty: Lauren Sandler, Journalism at NYU - Faculty. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  12. ↑ Righteous, laurensandler.com, About the Author. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  13. ↑ Howe, Jeff. A Guide to Crowdsourcing. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.

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