Up until the Net began mushrooming, computer-aided reporting (CAR) involved combining multiple databases to reveal government or business misconduct … Reporters used to pry many databases out of the government. However, more and more are available on-line, and that should increase.
Predictor: Woodbury, Marsha
Prediction, in context:The June 1994 issue of The Network Observer, an online newsletter, carries an article titled “The Net Gives New Life to Journalism,” by Marsha Woodbury, director at large for Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and a doctoral student at the College of Education at the University of Illinois. She writes: ”The Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) recently published a compilation of 101 stories about exploring digitally stored information, often off 9-track tape. Up until the Net began mushrooming, computer-aided reporting (CAR) involved combining multiple databases to reveal government or business misconduct … Reporters used to pry many databases out of the government. However, more and more are available on-line, and that should increase.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: The Network Observer
Title, headline, chapter name: The Net Gives New Life to Journalism
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/tno/june-1994.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne