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		<title>Characteristics of Incident Reporters on Twitter</title>
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		<author>Angela Crandall</author>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Crandall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Chris Orwa As part of our Crowdsourcing Validation project, during the general Kenyan elections in March 2013, iHub Research collected over 2.5 million tweets related to the polls. We are now in the process of crunching the data to unravel the profile of tweeps highly likely to report an incident on twitter. In our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Three V’s of Crowdsourced Data</title>
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		<author>Angela Crandall</author>
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		<dc:creator>Angela Crandall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When can you use crowdsourced information (that is, information collected from citizens through online platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and text messaging) to get trusted information?Are there any particular identifiable characteristics of crowdsourced info that lends to making the info more or less credible? These are some of the guiding questions to a groundbreaking research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a Framework for Validating Crowdsourced Data</title>
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		<author>Angela Crandall</author>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Crandall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog post by: Nanjira Sambuli Is crowdsourced information (that is, information collected from citizens through online platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and text messaging) more representative of on-the-ground reality than traditional media reporting like television, radio and newspapers? If so, can crowdsourced information be organized and used to find and capture news as generated? How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Proposals &#8211; The First Crowdsourced Journalism Awards for Africa</title>
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		<author>Rachel Gichinga</author>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Gichinga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an idea for a crowdsourced journalism project in Africa? The Big Picture Journalism Award will grant 5000 Euros to each of the top three crowdsourced journalism project proposals coming from Africa and provide professional support to develop your idea. Find out more about the application process and view our guidelines on how [...]]]></description>
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