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thanks for joining us so offer this next segment we have an really exciting
guests all online is jason barnett from the uptake dot o_ r_ g_ the executive
director of the uptake history there
hi thanks for joining us no problem
i wanted to have you on because there's a couple of things that are in the news
right now
that you guys are going to be involved with
the first one that i wanted to talk about is at
you because we keep leaks
is in the news that has been you know course called terrorist in
and i think it was it mike huckabee called for the assassination of julian
songs among other people with others argued that he
is a journalist
i'd just today he was nominee week elise was nominated for nobel peace prize for
bringing transparency into government
uh... and you guys the uptake dot o_ r_ g_ dot org excuse me
uh...
you guys
are citizen journalists
wanted you to tell us and what is a citizen journalist
at pretty broad question
that general that you know severed sentiment here about people have been
him having a lot more ability to pose
inventor of interest to them to connie
and uh... when you when you look back just in the history of journalism in
general and the person in america
the best you notice now do you can striker with a pampered here's around
you know what the founding of the founding fathers
and they're just a bunch of people who got a pretty press
and were
printing up
muse
story in your opinion
and handing them out and poop phenomenon or people you know putting their own
opinion
and sharing them and their own new stores in showing them have been around
for a long time the technologies change
the technology now one of them
very powerful
meaning we can find information a lot better we can share to a watching much
larger audience
i'm very easily
and so you know the ideas citizen journalism is just in a recognition of
that everyone has the power to
the immune organization
and write selena size calls it scientific journalism
where there is that you know he'd there's a big news dump of all these
uh... of all these different documents and then people can go through anybody
can go through and verify if the information is correct or not
but you walk us through this what you guys do is you train
you train citizens people who are not professional journalists in u armed them
with high-fives and microphones
and they've gone out and done some pretty amazing things
yes you know we are
weekly do we do all that we train people we we train people to do more than just
tell
on fall
single story that we got we train people basically to fill our newsroom
and what that means is early in a week crowd source for news room
which means we have people that can do full range stories
him
you know from
identifying what they want to tell leading out of you know equipment going
out and shooting editing and publishing the story to people who just know how to
help us with tech
advice and make sure our computers are running
and you know help copy edit and
now for two different things
and so we really have a broad idea of what you know it for the journal can be
and how people can get active and telling utorrent
we do know editor editorial filtered so
we do look at everything that comes through our parks are doors that lead to
publish thing
which is a little different unwittingly
it and admit that there's a there's a
interesting differently complete they've d
information
and then people can come in and check out what you're just saying and and
verify it or not
they don't really publish much
and the differences they allow it in new york times in the washington post and
whoever else guardian
to actually look the other filed in public what they think interesting
really they published a deep down
yes my narrative slant
but it was hardly anything they actually about correct
and for that lots and lots of information that republic they disallow
accent
that note of your time final directly confine bulked up draping something and
the public
and av
then they try to avoid the critical of myself
and i think if it's really interesting
how you know
mobility to laura baleful organizations like wiki week startup just to try to
prop provide
map transparency
and then abit age-old
problem comes about everyone blames the messenger
sixteen of which this is this is a great segue into a videos that i want to show
our viewers
ob and you will of course i'd be familiar with this that we play click
number two
relying on that
had the information was pronouncing as debit during the recount it was bloggers
like nate silver they were able to change
with main
make by states phone home
also refers
yes
florida
our victory was fair
that legitimate
so that was of course from last year's nevers nation
and you had a little shout out from the senator al franken
what happened with that
how did you guys how did that and that happen in minnesota you guys are based
out of minnesota
uh... walk us through that
right well you know we now we heard it here in suburban seven we've been
covering politics
unorganized people the cover political type stories that are of interest for
them
and
you know the norm coleman al franken generate flute
really tight
and a big story we're following
it went into a recount
uh... man and we we've figured because it was so close
we're going to be going into the court
and so we contacted the court for nafta what their policy is on camera burn all
the stuff in
they were actually into getting a pilot until you're able to plug in
to the court process when the government del actually happened
center we live stream
mood
month to month to month of of the trial
and what that did
valuable recount put and the trial what that did it reduced the full allow that
anybody
who has you know well access
to view
every single moment of that
and uh... we opened up for preventing and everyone could watch
we had you know new organizations around the world watching we have a law firm
from around the world watching
and what does this mean
is it put a very very
cleared spotlight
on how fair
the electoral profit for the minister
him
or if there is any critical habitat do it and they would obvious
with tennessee or
army i think that economy up takers your army with that there are signs the video
iphones would have been there to capture that too
happily that we're doing ghetto him
update throughout every day
mapping the different camp
uh... what what their take on when everything was in both camps are
actually realize correct quickly
how powerful
our audience
and so they started having press conferences
when maybe
sick journalist would show up on any given day but they would come up and
give our long press conferences
banana tried to our cameras
and sometimes our camera whether i've gotten
and then for the other books right it manipulates propped up that we are able
to you know be the ones with the breaking video that story in time
sit down something is happening in your backyard like i said you guys are not in
los angeles you're not in new york you're not in d_c_
you're in minnesota of all places and that was the meant that with the
deciding vote indeed in the senate that was the sixty c majority that the
democrats had for
three seconds god and and so now
we have there's two people
who look like they're going to put obit in to beat the for the g_o_p_ nomination
this
this had coming election cycle
temple in t and our think he'll michelle bachman
right in your backyard add up to you guys have a game plan for that ari
excited l
what you know you've been covering both these people really really closely
uh... what are your plans
doughboy him
you know like a candy store sequel
uh... here both of them are printing
political figures
you know every one of the financial bachman is obviously
error
her brilliant state of the union
rebuttals
in detail as was
something behold
hum
especially thank you wouldn't look at any one camera better
proceeded with the phone when you say that
that look at all
now a m
on the other they're going to be traveling around the uk complaint page
of the mounted going to having
what he's calling all lecture series across iowa
didn't believe and you know you dot if we have on
nanometer actor and a
it may not there that you know many people fill him really know who he is
what he's about
and they didn't know who he is and what he's about
they don't remember him
birthday do you know who he is in they still have a hard time limit is about
user
kind of a confusing character himself used to be very conservative
but it's right to
played out down albee effect on the track record
and that hoping to do when you're going to a primary in the clear that up
and anto them then i got myself
stand to
may not know how to play the game
him and a very good at getting media attention
filled in japan
aperture
sent esic well-timed thanks cfc dot o_ r_ g_
and they're doing some really fascinating stuff
and if u contents protect them out
donate money go through training become a citizen journalist agis in barnett it
great to have you will have you want to gin you'll win you know if he said that
someone's going to actually announce their candidacies sometime in the near
future and we'll have you back
justin barnette