My favorites on this list are the ones that combine geography and a topic, like the Dallas public schools beat reporter.
These Beat Reporters Will Try the Social Network Way – PressThink
Tag: new+assignment
DigiDave: The Networked Journalist
New Assignment editor David Cohn with some notes on the basics of networked journalism: “1. Set up shop… 2. Outreach.”
Assignment Zero, Day Six: Help Wanted Section – PressThink
Jay Rosen is looking for volunteers to put some time in on New Assignment’s first project. Are you game? Am I? Do I really have minutes left in my day to take on yet another side project? Maybe if we all volunteered to do just a little…
Assignment Zero
Jay Rosen’s NewAssignment.net launches a crowdsourcing experiment covering the story of … wait for it … crowdsourcing. I wish it weren’t quite so meta, but as a demonstration of the model, it should get the job done.
Ryan Sholin 