“We’re creating a space where these folks feel in control of their narrative, but not just in a cheesy way of ‘sharing the mic.’ You can tell when a story has been crowdsourced. There’s just a human element in it. It’s not just data or editors or reporters talking about an issue.”
When ProPublica engagement reporter Adriana Gallardo and her colleagues published a questionnaire in February reaching out to women who had experienced life-threatening complications in childbirth, Gallardo only expected, at most, a few hundred responses. They received thousands — seeing 2,500 in the first week alone. The series based on this structured call-out to the crowd is now making waves.
Author John Wihbey and Bridget Peery
News Site Global Investigative Journalism Network
Date Published August 14, 2017
Article Link How They Did It: ProPublica’s Maternal Mortality Series
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