Assignment Zero

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Assignment Zero (AZ) is an experiment in crowd-sourced journalism, allowing collaboration between amateur and professional journalists to collectively produce a piece of work that describes correlations between crowd-sourced techniques and a popular movement.

Staff

The following are the staff responsible for the execution of AZ:

  • Jay Rosen - Jay Rosen is the Executive Editor of Assignment Zero. Rosen has been a member of the Journalism faculty at New York University(NYU) since 1986. He has taught courses in media criticism, cultural journalism, press ethics, and other subjects related to journalism.[1]
  • Lauren Sandler - Lauren Sandler was also a former producer and reporter at National Public Radio.[2] In 2000, Lauren graduated from New York University's Cultural Reporting and Criticism program to launch a freelance career in journalism.[3][4]
  • Amanda Michael - Amanda Michael was the Communications Director for the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School from March 2004 to November 2006[5].
  • Steve Fox - Steve Fox is the regional coordinator for the Online News Association(ONA) in the Midatlantic Region, based in Washington, D.C.[6] Up until late 2006, Steve was also the Politics Editor at Washingtonpost.com[7]

Support

AZ is a collaborative experiment between Wired Magazine, NewAssignment.net and other participants.

References

  1. Faculty: Jay Rosen, Journalism at NYU - Faculty. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  2. All Things Considered, November 2, 1998, NPR: Young Voters. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  3. Faculty: Lauren Sandler, Journalism at NYU - Faculty. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  4. Righteous, laurensandler.com, About the Author. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  5. Archived Bio for Amanda Michael, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Profile: Amanda Michael. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  6. ONA News: ONA Regional coordinators, ONA Regional Coordinators. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  7. Fox, Steve, washingtonpost.com -- Revisiting Watergate - Deep Throat, Woodward, Bernstein. 2006, The Washington Post Company. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.

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