About a year ago, KPCC launched the Public Insight Network. It’s an effort to get KPCC’s listeners to become news sources for the station. How’s it work? Listeners are invited to tell their stories online. Today, the network has some 3,600 people in the coverage area who tell about their lives as they relate to the news stories we cover. This has brought in news tips for reporters and guests for the station’s talk shows. One tip revealed allegations of inmate abuse at the Chino prison. It connects the station to people who evacuated their homes during winter rainstorms. And it’s led to a series on laid-off teachers. Larry talks to Sharon McNary, who runs the network, about this interactive tool.
Click here get involved with the Public Insight Network and become a source for KPCC.
Guest:
Sharon McNary, Public Insight Journalism analyst for KPCC