Digital Journal publishes March ‘Power User’ list in ongoing crowdsourcing project
Digital Journal today published a list of the 20 most active contributors on its network in March. The Top 20 list is published each month to report how Digital Journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists interact in an online media network.
“Gamification is going to be a pillar in the future for media organizations,” said Digital Journal CEO, Chris Hogg. “Having and using data in conjunction with a media offering positions a company like Digital Journal to be able to do things that have never before been possible. We can measure, track and report very granular data that has never before been accessible, and we are proud to be able to use that data to show off some of most talented media people in the world.”
Digital Journal publishes a Top 20 list in recognition of top performers from the company’s massive gamification project that tracks and reports activity of contributors across the Digital Journal network. Recording actions such as quantity of articles published, frequency of visit and how engaged members are, Digital Journal rewards points and badges to individual contributors based on the amount of their activity. The members who stay the most active in the month are then rewarded with a “Power Users” badge.
In addition to creating incentive for contributors to participate in the social news network, Digital Journal aims to showcase talent and create a level of transparency that gives an open look at how people interact with a news organization and how user-generated content is valuable in the wider news ecosystem.
“Digital Journal is seeing continued growth from contributors making their mark in social news media,” said David Silverberg, Managing Editor of Digital Journal. “Our focus on gamification has produced another excellent crop of informative journalism gaining attention with readers and publishers across the world.”
In no particular order, Digital Journal’s March 2012 Power Users include:
- KJ Mullins
- Layne Weiss
- Amanda Payne
- Kev Hedges
- Marcus Hondro
- JohnThomas Didymus
- Katerina Nikolas
- Tim Sandle
- Elizabeth Batt
- Nicole Byerly
- Andrew Moran
- Paul Wallis
- Leigh Goessl
- Darren Brown
- Alexander Baron
- Anne Sewell
- Nancy Houser
- Yukio Strachan
- Arthur Weinreb
- Mathew Wace Peck
Digital Journal compiles data on a monthly basis and resets the points at the beginning of each month when a new competition begins. More info on Digital Journal’s gamification project can be found here.
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