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At the Dutch site De Correspondent, reader engagement is a strategic priority. subscribers are encouraged to provide their skills as soon as they sign up. Their expertise is verified and then used to inform articles — a real “ CRM for journalists ,” according to them. These citizen experts are also valued in the comments.


In 2016, Washington Post journalist David Fahrenthold kuwait mobile database did not hesitate to investigate Donald Trump's finances in the open... from Twitter. The reporter recounted his progress (and his dead ends) and managed to collect a lot of information thanks to Internet users.


At Mediacités , citizens can contribute to digitizing municipal deliberations — which the media then undertakes to analyze in order to track the evolution of local policies.




In Chicago, City Bureau goes even further by training and paying citizens to attend city council meetings. A pragmatic way to overcome the limitations of professional journalists while involving new audiences in local public life. Stray Links. Neighboring Rights Agreement, Global Security Act, and Amazon Hegemony