http://laughingsquid.disqus.com/a resource for art, culture and technologyenMon, 06 Nov 2006 10:19:32 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/crowdsourcing-to-be-used-by-news-publisher-gannett/#comment-1806515<p>In a counter move, the crowd organizes <a href="http://www.mediavolunteer.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.mediavolunteer.org"> to organize mass numbers of volunteers to build and maintain a community managed database on media, media outlets and journalists so that better and more relevant stories can be pitched back at folks from Gannett. <br><br>Volunteers are motivated by the pending collapse of the fourth estate and the desire to see more inspired and important stories "in" the news (and less marketing regurgitation as news).</a></p>VolunteerMon, 06 Nov 2006 10:19:32 -0000