US: McAlister: EveryBlock - hyperlocal, geo-tagging news service - should open posting to public
Posted by Liam Berkowitz on June 27, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Matt McAlister of Inside Online Media updates readers on EveryBlock, Adrian Hovalty's hyperlocal, geo-tagging project, demonstrating how the project is making the news more palpable.
After a string of bribery arrests in Chicago, EveryBlock cataloged every address mentioned in the police file. Readers were then able to access the information through a list and map of bribe locations.
"In this case, the data is telling a story that otherwise might seem a little distant to you until you see how the issue may in fact be a very real one right in your backyard, so to speak," McAlister said.
McAlister believes that the next step for EveryBlock is to "open the reporting and mapping process" to anyone interested.
"The wider community could then benefit from the work of a few, and suddenly you have a really powerful local news vehicle," he said.
Source: Inside Online Media through CyberJournalist.net
After a string of bribery arrests in Chicago, EveryBlock cataloged every address mentioned in the police file. Readers were then able to access the information through a list and map of bribe locations.
"In this case, the data is telling a story that otherwise might seem a little distant to you until you see how the issue may in fact be a very real one right in your backyard, so to speak," McAlister said.
McAlister believes that the next step for EveryBlock is to "open the reporting and mapping process" to anyone interested.
"The wider community could then benefit from the work of a few, and suddenly you have a really powerful local news vehicle," he said.
Source: Inside Online Media through CyberJournalist.net
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