The effects of the digital age on how we publish and consume our news are well-established, but the way we gather news has seen little reform. Morgan Boyer, VP, News & Content at Fresco News, will discuss how companies in the crowdsourced journalism space are attacking traditional newsgathering structures and empowering a population to be as connected as it is heard.

1. DEATH OF THE NEWS CREW:
CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND THE FUTURE OF MEDIA

2. CROWDSOURCED
JOURNALISM
MAKES USE OF
TODAY’S CITIZEN
JOURNALISM

3. JEFF HOWE
“CROWDSOURCING IS THE
APPLICATION OF OPEN
SOURCE PRINCIPLES TO
FIELDS OUTSIDE OF
SOFTWARE.”

4. DEFINING
CROWDSOURCED
• “Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a
designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined,
generally large group of people in the form of an open call.” -Jeff Howe
CROWDSOURCING AFFECTS SUPPLY AND DEMAND ACROSS INDUSTRIES.
• Gives rise to new products and markets while disrupting others
• Getty and iStockphoto
• Uber and TaskRabbit
IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY’S DIGITAL MEDIA, THE PHRASES CROWDSOURCED
NEWS AND CITIZEN JOURNALISM OFTEN BECOME INTERCHANGEABLE.

5. LEADERSIN
UGC

7. POTENTIAL
EFFECTS OF
CROWDSOURCING
JOURNALISM

8. @pibzedog

9. @deray@kaboomsr

10. César Santana