NewAssignment.Net, the professional-amateur (pro-am) journalism effort spearheaded by NYU prof Jay Rosen, has a new project underway -- and they need beat reporters to help.
Rosen describes "Maybe a beat reporter could do a way better job if there was a 'live' social network connected to the beat, made up of people who know the territory the beat covers, and want the reporting on that beat to be better. ...This is probably best done on a blogging-style platform at an established news organization that can devote a pro reporter to work with a circle of 'ams' or contributors from outside the newsroom. If you're interested, contact David Cohn, director of distributed reporting at NewAssignment.Net. (More project details.)