After scoping the vast terrain of new media ventures, our class of 14 students focused in on 11 experiments we believe represent journalism’s most noteworthy steps forward. None are guaranteed to succeed, but after research, debate, and a final vote of the class, we chose these as the ones most worth watching.
Quartz’s code for confirmation
Perhaps one of the simplest but most effective experiments around today is Quartz’s coded confirmation system.
The online-only publication tested the idea in March on a story about HBO’s standalone streaming service, HBO Now. Misinformation spread on social media as the mainstream media speculated on the details. So Quartz implemented a system that separated confirmed facts from likely truths and what the team didn’t know….
