First and foremost congratulations on being nominated as a finalist.....
We really liked your idea very much...It is interesting that we were actually thinking almost on similar lines...and we had entered our idea ForgottenHeadlines.com (http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/17088). Coming from India, we were trying to tell that apart from being bombarded by news, people get frustrated by changing news lines...put otherwise they end up following sensationalism...we are planning to create a platform which can aggregate public opinion so media is kind of 'forced' to relook at issues which people want to be taken up and pursued to its/their logical end...
Let me know who heads this initiative at Fractors so that we can connect ...
Hi, Mouli & Veena -
Thanks for the congrats and kind words!
Agreed - there could be some interesting synergies between our initiatives and I really like the idea behind ForgottenHeadlines - sort of a shift in perception of historical info using crowdsourced opinion - nice.
I, along with co-founders Hugo Berkeley and Ben Robison, head up Fractor, so I'll loop them into this.
cheers,
~Josephine Dorado
For someone that works in the non-profit sector (at risk youth) this is an excellent idea and great tool. I often spend a great amount of time looking for information related to my population, latest developments, funding options, etc. Having a repository of related information will be so helpful to any cause. Well done! Congratulations and good luck !
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Hi!
First and foremost congratulations on being nominated as a finalist.....
We really liked your idea very much...It is interesting that we were actually thinking almost on similar lines...and we had entered our idea ForgottenHeadlines.com (http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/17088). Coming from India, we were trying to tell that apart from being bombarded by news, people get frustrated by changing news lines...put otherwise they end up following sensationalism...we are planning to create a platform which can aggregate public opinion so media is kind of 'forced' to relook at issues which people want to be taken up and pursued to its/their logical end...
Let me know who heads this initiative at Fractors so that we can connect ...
Thanks and congrts once again!!!!!!
Mouli & Veena
Hi, Mouli & Veena -
Thanks for the congrats and kind words!
Agreed - there could be some interesting synergies between our initiatives and I really like the idea behind ForgottenHeadlines - sort of a shift in perception of historical info using crowdsourced opinion - nice.
I, along with co-founders Hugo Berkeley and Ben Robison, head up Fractor, so I'll loop them into this.
cheers,
~Josephine Dorado
ps: just saw this and it reminded me of your efforts:
http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2009/02/citizen_journalism_from_groundreport_sho.php
GroundReport & WorldFocus teaming up to create 'Talk To Us', a segment that asks for global views on top news stories.
Hello,
For someone that works in the non-profit sector (at risk youth) this is an excellent idea and great tool. I often spend a great amount of time looking for information related to my population, latest developments, funding options, etc. Having a repository of related information will be so helpful to any cause. Well done! Congratulations and good luck !
-Juan
thanks, Juan -that's good to hear! :)