Collaborative Politics Online: Principles, Pitfalls and Practical Advice
April 20, 11:30 a.m., Hemisphere A
Description: With Wikipedia becoming one of people’s first stops online for information
on specific subjects it is clear that open source formatting is changing the way that people
exchange knowledge. How do these collaborative websites affect the political world?
* John Broughton (Author of “Wikipedia: the Missing Manual)
* Amanda Michel (Editor of Distributed Reporting at ProPublica)
* Eric Odom (Online Politics Consultant)
* Moderator: Conor Kenny (Senior Editor at OpenCongress.org)