Reboot - Revision history

63.138.144.154: /* HOW IT WORKS */

2009-01-13T19:05:51Z

HOW IT WORKS

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	*Community input on which stories to develop, along the lines of spot.us.		*Community input on which stories to develop, along the lines of spot.us.
	*A Digg/Reddit-style system for promoting the hottest stories.		*A Digg/Reddit-style system for promoting the hottest stories.
	*~~what else?~~		*A platform for national dialog on issues like health care, education, environment and energy.

	==FEATURES, BENEFITS==		==FEATURES, BENEFITS==

Jvanderclute: /* FEATURES, BENEFITS */

2009-01-05T13:36:32Z

FEATURES, BENEFITS

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	USA Reboot is more than a bulletin board for sharing and commenting on journalism that matters. It is also the first community to explore ideas developed at [http://www.ivpblueprint.org "Blueprinting the Information Valey Economy,"] a Dec. 3-5, 2008 summit at the Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbia, Mo. Among features which will be tested by USA Reboot:		USA Reboot is more than a bulletin board for sharing and commenting on journalism that matters. It is also the first community to explore ideas developed at [http://www.ivpblueprint.org "Blueprinting the Information Valey Economy,"] a Dec. 3-5, 2008 summit at the Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbia, Mo. Among features which will be tested by USA Reboot:

	*A place for participants to securely describe and save information about their ~~person~~ web preferences		*A place for participants to securely describe and save information about their personal web preferences
	*An exchange for receiving credits from working to rate and review other members' contributions		*An exchange for receiving credits from working to rate and review other members' contributions
	*A home base for sharing ideas and knowledge with the nation's journalists		*A home base for sharing ideas and knowledge with the nation's journalists

Jvanderclute: /* HOW IT WORKS */

2009-01-05T13:35:38Z

HOW IT WORKS

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	==HOW IT WORKS==		==HOW IT WORKS==
	USA Reboot will apply the techniques of social networks and the immediacy of the World Wide ~~web~~ to continuously inform, reveal, challenge and celebrate the effects of policies of the new U.S. administration during its first "100 days". Not by concentrating on Washington, D.C., but by soliciting and elevating the sentiments, ideas, needs of ordinary Americans where they live and work, as seen by their co-workers, friends, plus working and retired journalist contributors. They will contribute via:		USA Reboot will apply the techniques of social networks and the immediacy of the World Wide Web to continuously inform, reveal, challenge and celebrate the effects of policies of the new U.S. administration during its first "100 days". Not by concentrating on Washington, D.C., but by soliciting and elevating the sentiments, ideas, needs of ordinary Americans where they live and work, as seen by their co-workers, friends, plus working and retired journalist contributors. They will contribute via:

	*A wiki-format news network		*A wiki-format news network

70.17.138.237: /* THE OPPORTUNITY */

2008-12-24T17:28:44Z

THE OPPORTUNITY

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	* Launch a new, practical, and participatory format for journalism that is an example for the industry overall.		* Launch a new, practical, and participatory format for journalism that is an example for the industry overall.
	* Create a way to tell the "untold stories" that people want to hear.		* Create a way to tell the "untold stories" that people want to hear.
			<hr>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/opinion/24friedman.html Tom Friedman on the need (NYTimes, Dec. 24)]<hr>

	==HOW IT WORKS==		==HOW IT WORKS==

Bill Densmore: /* USA Reboot -- Documenting 100 days to change America */

2008-12-18T02:57:34Z

USA Reboot -- Documenting 100 days to change America

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	=USA Reboot -- Documenting 100 days to change America=		=DRAFT / DRAFT / USA Reboot -- Documenting 100 days to change America=

	==THE OPPORTUNITY==		==THE OPPORTUNITY==

Bill Densmore: /* WHAT IS REBOOTUSA? */

2008-12-18T02:57:17Z

WHAT IS REBOOTUSA?

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	*what else?		*what else?

	==WHAT IS ~~REBOOTUSA~~?==		==WHAT IS USAREBOOT?==
	USA Reboot is an initiative of the Information Valet Project at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Our goal is to pilot a new form of collaboration among professional, displaced and "amateur" journalists and engaged citizens. Part "wiki," part blog and part traditional news resource, USA Reboot will document, assess -- and perhaps help guide -- a transformation of the United States economy, civic sphere and outlook.		USA Reboot is an initiative of the Information Valet Project at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Our goal is to pilot a new form of collaboration among professional, displaced and "amateur" journalists and engaged citizens. Part "wiki," part blog and part traditional news resource, USA Reboot will document, assess -- and perhaps help guide -- a transformation of the United States economy, civic sphere and outlook.

Jvanderclute: /* HOW IT WORKS */

2008-12-18T00:05:06Z

HOW IT WORKS

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	*A wiki-format news network		*A wiki-format news network
	*Videos and photographs		*Videos and photographs
	*Participation in community discussions		*Participation in community discussions
			*Trust networks for peer review, validation of facts, etc.
			*Community input on which stories to develop, along the lines of spot.us.
			*A Digg/Reddit-style system for promoting the hottest stories.
	*what else?		*what else?

Jvanderclute: /* THE OPPORTUNITY */

2008-12-18T00:03:39Z

THE OPPORTUNITY

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	* Involve, motivate, and inspire thousands of new professionals.		* Involve, motivate, and inspire thousands of new professionals.
	* Engage the citizenry in breaking the story.		* Engage the citizenry in breaking the story.
	* Launch a practical and participatory format for ~~producing and distributing the news~~ that is an example for the industry overall.		* Launch a new, practical, and participatory format for journalism that is an example for the industry overall.
	* Create a way to tell the "untold stories" that people want to hear.		* Create a way to tell the "untold stories" that people want to hear.

Jvanderclute: /* THE OPPORTUNITY */

2008-12-17T23:58:14Z

THE OPPORTUNITY

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	It is a moment for a new collaboration between citizens, journalists in newsrooms and journalists without newsrooms.		It is a moment for a new collaboration between citizens, journalists in newsrooms and journalists without newsrooms.

	~~TO DO: Insert sizzle~~
	* Involve, motivate, and inspire thousands of new professionals.		* Involve, motivate, and inspire thousands of new professionals.
	* Engage the citizenry in breaking the story.		* Engage the citizenry in breaking the story.
			* Launch a practical and participatory format for producing and distributing the news that is an example for the industry overall.
			* Create a way to tell the "untold stories" that people want to hear.

	==HOW IT WORKS==		==HOW IT WORKS==

Jvanderclute: /* WHAT IS REBOOTUSA? */

2008-12-17T23:56:19Z

WHAT IS REBOOTUSA?

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	==WHAT IS REBOOTUSA?==		==WHAT IS REBOOTUSA?==
	USA Reboot is an initiative of the Information Valet Project at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Our goal is to pilot a new form of collaboration among professional, displaced and "amateur" journalists and engaged citizens. Part "wiki," part blog and part traditional news resource, ~~RebootUSA~~ will document, assess -- and perhaps help guide -- a transformation of the United States economy, civic sphere and outlook.		USA Reboot is an initiative of the Information Valet Project at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Our goal is to pilot a new form of collaboration among professional, displaced and "amateur" journalists and engaged citizens. Part "wiki," part blog and part traditional news resource, USA Reboot will document, assess -- and perhaps help guide -- a transformation of the United States economy, civic sphere and outlook.

	==WHAT IS RJI?==		==WHAT IS RJI?==