Zac Echola's Blog – March 2008 Archive (3)

Talking Points Memo loves to crowd source their audience when it comes to large documents. They just post the files and wait for everyone else to sift through the mess.



Reporting comes out amazingly fast.



I recall the latest document dump from DeadSpin, regarding the Mitchell Report. All they asked their audience to do was find the names in the report. An accurate list was generated hours before… Continue

I've posted a new tutorial on my blog, make a photo gallery with a map using only free tools.

The project, depending on what you want out of it, usually takes less than an hour to produce.

You can see the final product here.

How would you go about this project? Would you do anything different? Let us know!

Does anybody know examples of newspaper, TV and/or radio sites that consistently link to original reporting done elsewhere, either automatically through trackbacks or by hand?



I'm specifically looking for examples similar to the sites described in these excellent pieces by Scott Karp and… Continue