Title: A look at nine of the best collaborative journalism projects of 2018 | by Heather Bryant | Center for Cooperative Media | Medium
Headings: A look at nine of the best collaborative journalism projects of 2018
A look at nine of the best collaborative journalism projects of 2018
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Content: The project includes multiple efforts like the Local Democracy Reporting Service which hires and trains journalists to specifically cover government. The 128 reporters hired so far are hired by and based in local newsrooms, but paid for by the BBC. The BBC also managed News Hub which provides BBC video and audio to the local partners. “This level of coverage has never been undertaken by any news agency,” — Matthew Barraclough, BBC. The BBC Local News Partnership is an example of news organizations recognizing that diminished capacity takes precedence over competition and coming together to keep doing the work that needs to be done. BBC - Home - Local News Partnerships
A Shared Data Unit - staffed by the BBC alongside reporters on secondment from local news providers - to share data…
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If this project interests you, other collaborative projects to check out: CoastAlaska, Northwest News Network, California Dream
Documenting Hate
Newsrooms across the U.S. partner to document poorly tracked hate crimes
With hate crimes on the rise and no solid data on the problem, ProPublica launched the Documenting Hate project to collect stories of hate crimes around the country and connect local journalists to the data for reporting. The project is a great example of a national news outlet empowering local newsrooms to do important reporting and supporting and amplifying those efforts. “ProPublica regularly collects large amounts of information that we can’t process by ourselves, including documents gathered in our reporting, tips solicited by our engagement journalists, and data published in our news applications. Since the beginning, we’ve seen collaboration as a key way to make sure that all of this reporting material can be used to fulfill our mission: