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Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Reader engagement

Supreme_Court-100x100Check this out-of-the-box community engagement lesson produced by Knight Center Associate Director David Poulson for J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. It involves readers with quizzes, maps and … carp?
 
 
 
Also see his take on dance as a journalistic form.
This video explains engaging readers with climate science:

Other examples of experimental reader engagement:

  • Whadayaknow?
  • Where’s the concern? 
  • Great Lakes Smackdown, especially the finale.

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