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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Media: Crowd-Sourcing Coverage of Home Loan Modifications

Here's an interesting way to cover a news story: crowd-sourcing news coverage of home owners trying to use the Federal loan modification program.

[Propublica is] offering to set up our readers with local journalists (with the homeowner’s permission, of course). Often, the media can be the most effective recourse for homeowners who have nowhere else to turn.

See Reporting Matchmaker: Setting up Home Loan Modification Applicants with Local Journalists by Paul Kiel and Amanda Michel, Propublica, March 31, 2010.

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