Rji-pivot-project-formulation2

At RJI Pivot Point Chicago, working groups on Tuesday afternoon addressed three questions designed to help initiate the project-building process:

• What functions should the news “industry” fullfill (for communities)?
• What structures or elements might be useful to do so?
• How might key processes operate?
  

==="The world we want to create"===
Definitions:

• Community - A collection of individuals grouped by geography,

interest, race, religion, or creed

Mission

• Best possible interface to community information, consumption,

production, contextualization, and discussion

Function

• Involve and inform communities
• Strive for transparency
• Sustainably finance operations
• Open research processes
• Seek the truth and provide context

Structure

• Private, for-profit companies to be created or invested in to solve problems
• Bring best people over, not outcasts
• Use open source mentalities when possible
• Services, not end-user interfaces
• Build for inclusion
• Highlight contextual relevance (metadata)
• Recognize and reward provenance
• Same interface for the reporter and the user -- reporter is power user, guide, leader, and moderator
• Look to fill gaps in information, fill gaps with experts

Process

• Nothing is sacred
• Work hard to make things simple
• Use data to drive decisions
• Open collaboration between public and private, private and private
• Seeking partnership and/or sponsorship
• Monetize entire value chain
• Listen to audience

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Matt Galligan
Circa CEO, Co-founder
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