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Tools and platforms that connect news audiences to constructive actions they can take based on a story. These projects sometimes struggle to gain traction in newsrooms due to their editorial concerns about objectivity, or what some observers have noted as a bias toward reporting on problems rather than solutions.
We believe that everyone has a story and can contribute to the news narrative. Tipster is a news sharing platform that is democratizing the news making business by placing the power of the media into the hands of ordinary people whom we call Tipstars. Tipster is basically empowering anyone with a smartphone to be an amateur journalist. Tipster provides a secure channel for ordinary people to upload exclusive news content (images, videos and reports) which is then distributed/sold to content consumers and publishers (probloggers, Media Houses, TV channels etc) depending on the type of content.
Action Button lets you instantly #TakeAction on news that matters. Don’t just read the headlines, change them.
the Knight Foundation gave the TED conference a $985,000 grant to help develop TED.com into an “action platform,” to help channel people moved by a powerful talk into taking meaningful action on the issues being raised
Connecting you with ways to do something about the day's news stories. Stories of injustice, intolerance, crisis. Learn, connect, donate, weigh in, show up. Royinga - Hurricane Harvey - Irma - DACA - Charlottesville - LGBT Rights - Prison Conditions - Climate Change - Voting Rights - Flint - Net Neutrality - Health Care - Women's Rights - Police Reform
O Impacto.Jor é uma iniciativa para medir o impacto do jornalismo na vida das pessoas, através de um software criado para reportar e agregar impactos.
Wordpress plugin that would connect the post content to related social actions the reader could take
Hope is the assistant for the resistance. It’s the tool that will help you keep track of the news, and let you know what you can do to have an impact.
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