Citizen Journalism

New Participatory Project: Covering the 2008 Congressional Elections (U.S.)

by Conor Kenny — May 30, 2007 - 12:25am

Update: It's early, but the campaigns for the primaries of the 2008 congressional elections are starting to heat up, especially on the Democratic side, with everyone from Dennis Kucinich to Albert Wynn to

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Congresspedia

New Participatory Project: Tracking the Most Influential Corporate Lobbyists

by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 22, 2007 - 5:31pm

Examining and exposing the activities of lobbyists and their firms is an important aspect of the Center for Media and Democracy's work. Now you can help, via our online collaborative encyclopedia, SourceWatch!

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Lobbyists on SourceWatch

Food and Water Watch Covers Offshore Fish Farming Legislation on Congresspedia

by Conor Kenny — May 22, 2007 - 11:29am
  • Topics: Food Safety, Citizen Journalism, Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Environment

    • As part of our ongoing series of partnerships with research and advocacy organizations, Food and Water Watch has established an informative page on offshore fish farming legislation on Congresspedia.

    The Power of Congresspedia: Linking Articles on Legislation to Profiles of Members of Congress

    by Conor Kenny — May 16, 2007 - 10:57am
  • Topics: Citizen Journalism, Activism, U.S. Congress, Democracy

    • I've blogged previously about how the Congresspedia staff is working with research and advocacy organizations to build articles on federal legislation, but one particular aspect of these collaborations deserves highlighting: the ability to link the Congresspedia profiles of members of Congress to those on pieces of legislation.

    Recognizing Citizen Journalists at Work

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 8, 2007 - 3:09pm

    Thanks to the following volunteer editors (all new!) who helped on last week's participatory project: Tgeliot, Jmckendr, Dsohead, JerryB, OrigamiGuy, Rshechter, Shannonkona, and DrXyzzy. Special thanks to Alexlitel who did about 500 pages, completing every remaining entry that needed to be finished on this editing ask! The week before we also got help from users Mediamouse, Polly Sigh, and Louse129 in response to our request for editing assistance.

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    New Participatory Project: Tracking the Most Influential Lobbyists

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 8, 2007 - 2:26pm

    Examining and exposing the activities of lobbyists and their firms is an important aspect of the Center for Media and Democracy's work. Now you can help, via our online collaborative encyclopedia, SourceWatch!

    SourceWatch has many articles related to this industry, but because the players and the issue change frequently, our resources can always use some updating. The Hill recently released a list of the most powerful individual lobbyists at http://thehill.com/business--lobby/the-new-sheriffs-in-town-2007-04-24.html.

    Can you help us track these influence peddlers? Go to SourceWatch and do a search for one of the lobbyists on The Hill's list. If you find an article, please add the quote from the article in The Hill by saying, "According to the April 25, 2007 issue of The Hill, lobbyist X is ...." and add the link to the article. If The Hill lists a lobbyist who is not already in SourceWatch, please create a short "stub" article on him or her (with the lobbyist's name, The Hill info, and any other information you might find on him/her).

    If this is your first time editing, you can register as a SourceWatch volunteer editor here , and learn more about adding information to the site here and here. Thanks for joining the CMD truth squad!

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    Lobbyists on SourceWatch

    New Participatory Project: Help Track PR Firms on SourceWatch

    by Diane Farsetta — April 24, 2007 - 3:44pm

    Exposing the activities and ethical shortcomings of public relations firms has been a focus of the Center for Media and Democracy's work since its founding in 1993. Now you can help, via our online collaborative encyclopedia, SourceWatch! The SourceWatch article on public relations firms links to entries on more than 200 PR firms. The trade publication O'Dwyer's maintains a list of the top-grossing U.S.

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    New Participatory Project: Getting the Colbert Report into Congresspedia

    by Conor Kenny — April 11, 2007 - 9:59am

    A few weeks ago we asked you, dear readers and citizen editors, to pitch in and help with our first "wikiproject" - a short, participatory effort to update and expand a part of the SourceWatch/Congresspedia wiki. Lots of people chipped in and we accomplished our goal: getting contact information for all the freshman members of Congress, including the addresses and phone numbers for each of their district offices.

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    The Colbert Report on Congresspedia
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