[Infowarrior] - Citizen Journalists Protecting the 2008 Election

[Richard Forno]

Citizen Journalists Protecting the 2008 Election
Topics: citizen journalism | politics | Election 2008
Source: New York Times, October 27, 2008

The New York Times notes, "There are at least two wikis intended to  
let voters collaborate to collect examples of problems with voting,  
whether exceptionally long lines or more direct actions meant to scare  
off voters -- the Voter Suppression Wiki and SourceWatch's Election  
Protection Wiki. Since 2006, the Video the Vote project has sent out  
volunteers to monitor voting around the country, and this year the  
group expects to dispatch at least 2,300 volunteers with cameras in  
all 50 states to videotape potential trouble spots. ... The ultimate  
home for much of this content could be the video-sharing giant  
YouTube, which has created a channel, Video Your Vote, in  
collaboration with PBS, to encourage submissions. ... While his  
organization is partnering with YouTube (and received 300 cameras as  
part of the Video Your Vote project), [project founder Ian] Inaba says  
he sees their missions as different. 'YouTube is there to generate  
content, to generate eyeballs,' he said. 'We came at this from more of  
an election protection framework. We want voters to oversee the  
election process - it requires citizen oversight.'"

http://www.prwatch.org/node/7869