Journalism: Open Curation of Data
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The document discusses open curation of data (OCD) and the changing role of journalists from gatekeepers to participators. It notes that data and conversations are now happening online across the world, not just through mainstream media. For journalists to engage audiences, they need to use curation to collect and present data in relevant, accessible ways while building interactivity and extending their reach through networks. Curation allows the wisdom of crowds to interpret data with journalist context around value, worth, and trust.
Journalism: Open Curation of Data
- 1. OCD: Open Curation of Data English___________________________________ Etymology Curate + ion Noun Curation ( plural curations) The act of curating, of organising and maintaining a collection (databases) The manual updating of information is a database
- 2. Flickr photo by lovedaylemon The traditional role of the journalist in managing the flow of information has been one of Gatekeeper
- 3. The publisher determined When information was released How it was presented Where it was displayed How long a story lived The (broad) public view And controlled the conversation around that information
- 5. Now the world is a different place “ Breaking stories of importance, or topics that capture the imagination, lead to floods of content that quickly overwhelm processes and technical platforms ” – Robin Haman Map: xkcd.com
- 6. THE C WORD Community/citizen journalists creating content as well as mainstream media Content Farming sites: Low quality but high impact (eg. wikiHow; Answers.com) Collaboration + Curation = Context
- 7. Conversations and exchanges of information – data- are happening across the online world. Mainstream media is only a part of that. Journalists who can use data, and present it in relevant, accessible, engaging packages, will find an involved and participatory audience for their work. The culture shift – from journalist-as-broadcaster to participator – is still happening in MSM.
- 8. What Curation brings Engage audiences: Users collaborate to interpret data The wisdom of crowds: Use networks to collect and collate information Journalist adds context: Value, worth, veracity and trust Builds interactivity: Invite participation, be a sharing host Extend reach: Networks spread information Commercial opportunities
- 10. What they say… “ Hand crafted content is dead. Long live fast food content” (TechCrunch) “ Low-Cost Content Production On A Massive Scale” (ReadWriteWeb) “ The first step is evolution the second step is revolution” (Nova Spivack, Semantic Web Entrepreneur) “ Social beats search” (Fred Wilson, venture capitalist) “ Data is (are) journalism” (Author What Would Google Do? and blogger Jeff Jarvis