Open source religion reporting works

Published: July 23, 2007, 4:12 pm

Tags: web tech, journalism, religion, people, evangelicals, judaism, islam

David Crumm, the Detroit Free Press religion writer, had the enviable task of coordinating a rather significant open-source religion journalism project that involved “forty strangers in a virtual room” talking about their faith. Wired News, a collaborator in the project, carried a summary story on July 12 that was part of a larger open source project, Assignment Zero. According to the piece, the diverse set of 40 writers, or sources on the religion team, did three waves of reporting, or discussion, and after each Crumm would compose “an evolving story” that compiled the various thoughts and ideas put forth. Those summaries can be found here. Perhaps what is most interesting about the results of this project is what is not there, rather than what is discussed. Politics hardly comes up, and neither do denominational debates. Here’s how Crumm described the project in his summary piece: What, exactly, is open source religion? It’s the cutting edge of

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