Social Media as a Source: A Case Study of Patient Harm

Long before they published a single story, ProPublica reporters Marshall Allen (https://twitter.com/marshall_allen) and Olga Pierce (https://twitter.com/olgapierce) as well as ProPublica's social team were using social media to build a thriving online community around a complex, emotional and multifaceted issue: patient harm (https://www.propublica.org/series/patient-safety).

Their Patient Harm Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/patientharm/?notif_t=group_r2j) alone is up to 3,400 members with dozens of posts and comments each day. Combined with a number of other crowdsourced efforts including questionnaires and Q&A’s, the group has generated hundreds of tips and provided a concrete example of what and how to use social media to source journalism instead of just promote it.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 to hear exactly how they did it.

Schedule:

6:30 p.m.: Doors, dinner + socializing

7 p.m.: Presentation by Marshall Allen, Olga Pierce and Terry Parris Jr. of ProPublica.

~8:00 p.m.: Hiring announcements, networking and socializing

To attend the Jan. 27 Hacks/Hackers NYC meetup on "Social Media as a Source: A Case Study of Patient Harm (https://www.meetup.com/hacks-hackers-nyc/events/228290831/)" RSVP today ($10, payable in advance) to Hacks/Hackers NYC.

Refund policy: Cancel at least 24 hours before the event (that is, no later than 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26) to receive a full refund. We cannot issue refunds after Jan. 26.

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