The challenge submits the questions: What would you build on the web that actually makes news better for the people who create and read it? How would you involve the public in the news making, editing or sharing process? The only constraint: your idea should be built using open technologies and languages.
My submission is the Wikified News Dashboard (WiND)
Wikified News Dashboard (WiND) presents news as Rich Event Pages (REPs). REPs are news pages visualized like an infographic, with timelines, sentiment analysis, and multimedia. As events unfold, people can contribute via twitter & Facebook, post pictures and videos, and comment on facts. Each REP will have an quality score algorithmically based on the aggregate authority of the individual contributors.
At the most basic level, each REP will answer the basic questions (What, When, Where, Who) and make these information easy to see. Also presented is a quick summary of the event's highlights.
The REP will also contain infographics that depict how the event unfolded: (1) An adjustable timeline that can be scaled depending on the recency of the event; (2) Photos and videos from people. Images and videos posted by people who are actually at the event (via geolocation) will be given priority. Each posting can be rated; (3) List of related stories
Also included would be real time sentiment form Twitter and Facebook, which updates in real-time, with Tweets of authoritative folks getting featured. Folks can login to their Twitter and Facebook accounts to post an update or add photos/videos.
Each REP will have a score that is algorithmically rated based on the authority rating of the individual contributors. Folks who contribute to highly-rated REPs get higher authority rating.
What do you think of this idea?
