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.

Staff

The following are the staff 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]
  • Steve Fox - Steve Fox is the regional coordinator for the Online News Association(ONA) in the Midatlantic Region, based in Washington, D.C.[3] Up until late 2006, Steve was also the Politics Editor at Washingtonpost.com.[4] He is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland's School of Journalism.[5][6]
  • 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[7].
  • 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.[8]
  • Lauren Sandler - Lauren Sandler was also a former producer and reporter at National Public Radio.[9] In 2000, Lauren graduated from New York University's Cultural Reporting and Criticism program to launch a freelance career in journalism.[10][11]

Support

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

References

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

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