'Porkbusters' Mobilizes Citizen Reporters
Right-leaning video-sharing site Eyeblast.tv and the bipartisan Porkbusters coalition have teamed up to unveil Porkbusters On Patrol, a new "networked journalism project" with the goal of equipping "an army of citizen reporters with pocket camcorders to produce an ongoing series of on-site video stories about Congress’ pork-barreling ways."
Eyeblast is recruiting stringers, distributing free cameras and paying travel expenses of reporters on assignment in their regions. The Porkbusters coalition will identify pork projects that lend themselves to video reports, and people who want to produce reports are welcome to suggest their own. Videos will be published on Eyeblast, where bloggers and others will be able to grab the code to embed the stories on their sites.
The deadline for video submissions is Aug. 31, with the launch of the series planned for Sept. 8. Organizers want the videos kept short (2-3 minutes), funny and gimmicky. Read more about the campaign here.
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