crowdsourcing


Ushahidi: "we just wanted to make it easier for people to tell stories"

Josh Halliday of The Guardian tells the brilliant story of the crowd sourcing phenomenon Ushahidi today.

In an interview with creator Ory Okolloh, Halliday tells the story of how the tool went from cataloguing instances of Kenyan violence during a media blackout, to being used to co-ordinate humanitarian efforts after disasters worldwide, like the earthquake in Haiti. 

Guardian crowdsourcing update

An addendum to the Guardian's use of crowdsourcing techniques to trawl through the Westminster expenses documents: it's a good idea to double check what your readers think they've discovered for you.

Guardian turns to crowdsourcing to check MPs' expense documents

Having had to sit on the sidelines for what must have seemed like an eternity, watching daily Telegraph exclusives on MPs' expenses, The Guardian is hoping making its mark on the story with an interesting crowdsourcing experiment.