The quest to keep journalism alive continues. This time, with a collaboration between an undergraduate journalism class at the University of Washington and news aggregator NewsCloud. Today, the students launch In:Site, a Facebook application delivering arts and culture news to the site many students check multiple times daily.
Original stories are created by the 20 undergraduates in the class, targeting 16 to 25 year olds. The application encourages community participation from its users by offering points for everything from posting a link to an external story, inviting friends and commenting on articles. Users can vote articles up in the ranks in a Digg-like fashion.
Florangela Davila, journalist and faculty member, instructs the students.
“Universities are known for being cutting-edge incubators,” Davila said. “So who best to experiment and try out new forms of journalism than a group of smart undergrads who aren’t leashed to the old ways of telling stories?”
Roni Ayalla -- a student in the University of Washington's Master of Communication in Digital Media program -- is a contributor to TechFlash.
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