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Shovel-Ready Citizen Journalism
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, July 28, 2009.
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Congress passed a $787 billion stimulus package six months ago. Its goal is to create or save 3.5 million jobs by 2010. A large portion of the money was earmarked for shovel-ready construction projects, some of which are under way. But once crews are out on the roads, who monitors their work? And how do we tally the number of jobs these projects create?
One investigative newsroom wants you to answer those questions. ProPublica newsroom just launched its Stimulus Spot Check project, asking citizen journalists to monitor and report on construction projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The results will be compared with government statistics to see just how accurate Washington is with its figures. Amanda Michel is editor of distributed reporting for ProPublica and joins us with more.
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