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  • Slow News Networks

    Do it local, do it right.
  • Founder: Nora Dean

    news, Archives, Truth, Information Sorting, Records, Citation, Footnotes,

  • Who We Need
    Reporters, blogers, fact checkers, archivists, historians, academics, bookbinders, librarians, &c.
  • How to join
    Find a news story that appears in a local newspaper, tv broadcast, or blog.  Use non-digital primary sources to investigate the truth of the story.  If there is truth to the story, re-write it to reflect your own research.  Footnote all sources.  Indicate in the footnote why it is a valid source, and what baises might make the source unreliable.
  • Mission

    Second-by-second news is out there, coming from everyone, producing information overload, and making the whole of society vulnerable to griefer attacks.  In an attempt to counter this trend, the Slow News Networks have intentionally built a temporal barrier around themselves.  No story is run until it is at least two weeks old, and the whole of that time is spent checking facts and calling up sources directly.

     Members of the Slow News Networks know that they will never get the scoop.  But the participating news agencies are building up a storehouse of credibility, as they prove to be more resiliant in resisting griefer manipulation.

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  • Discuss this superstructure

    • This sounds like a great concept! I\\\\\\\'m happy to provide on-the-ground research and fact-checking as required and available in New Zealand. - mrjudkins

      We should leverage the citizen journalism guides out there on the internet. There must be loads of resources out there already geared to helping people learn how to do just this - theliving

      Anything can happen if there is an incentive for it. "Slow News" currently does not yet exist, as there is no reason why it would make more money (or some other reward structure) than "Fast News". What incentive would be required to create a suitable Slow News network? Perhaps a subscriber model, like HBO from over a decade ago. - UserMachine

      Collaboration?

      Trustnet (struct #145) is attempting to generate a public trust rating system. We would be interested in collaboration with Slow News to help your reporters get the public credibility necessary for them to be heard above the noise.

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