Washington Post asks for help to investigate Palin emails.

[woo me with science]

They appear to be looking for unpaid help?



http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/help-investigate-the-palin-emails/2011/06/08/AGHIGMNH_story.html

Help investigate the Palin e-mails
By Ryan Kellett,

More than 24,000 e-mail messages sent to and from Sarah Palin during her tenure as Alaska's governor will be released Friday. Join The Post in digging through them. We are looking for 100 organized and diligent readers who will work alongside Post reporters to analyze, contextualize, and research the e-mails. Think of it as spending some time in our newsroom.

Our hope is that working together, we can efficiently find interesting information and extract new stories that will lead to further investigation. We don’t know what we’ll find, but we want you to be ready and open for the challenge.

You will communicate with us virtually and work in small teams to make light work of reviewing the e-mail threads. Notice the patterns. Identify recipients and senders. Connect specific e-mails to larger themes and events. We’ll give you a sense of what to look out for, but the hope is that your team can tackle the challenge together in a collaborative way that our journalists alone cannot. And in fact, we are selecting just 100 people because we want to make real use of your talents and trust you to use teamwork to your advantage.

To get involved, we ask that you fill out this form that asks you state your case for why you’d be the right person to help report this story in the days following the e-mail release (Friday, June 10 onward). There are no specific requirements other than the time availability to help and access to an Internet-connected computer. We will select people who we think will work well on a team and have a good sense for details that might be important. Sign-up by Friday morning to be considered. Be sure to note in your submission if you’re applying with others who you want to work with (but each person must submit their own form). If you are selected, you’ll receive further instructions about how we will approach our reporting.

[Ian David]

1. We should put together a Democratic Underground team.

I want in on that action!

[msanthrope]

2. I'll have a go! n/t

[pinboy3niner]

8. Good idea!

We have members in Alaska who already are well-equipped with the background to put the new revelations in context. They've been "in the weeds" on Palin issues and would be a HUGH help in sorting things out.

[Scuba]

3. I want someone to search for links and other references to all those...

...newspapers and magazines she told Katie Couric she reads.

I can see the list now....


Seventeen

Teen Beat

People

Car and Driver

Guns and Ammo

[pinboy3niner]

9. And "Divorce for Dummies"

:evilgrin:

[icnorth]

13. As requested....

She has finally graduated from...

to...

unfortunately this remains beyond her comprehension level...

[spanone]

4. yes, gawd forbid the post has to do all that work themselves..after all, weiner has them really busy

[woo me with science]

5. Yeah, I don't see anything about PAYING people to do their work. nt

[Parker CA]

6. Awesome idea. Kick and Rec!

[MineralMan]

7. I imagine they'll have no shortage of volunteers.

Sounds boring to me, though, and I have work to do.

[Ian David]

10. I need more LOLCat pics anyway. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

11. They need to put together some periods of dates that coincide

with important events.

[glinda]

12. I hope they send duplicates out so they are not censured by Conservatives.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Yeah, I can see some Jethro Bodine Double Knot Spies wanting to sign up to harpoon the search.

[Lint Head]

14. I applied.

[Brickbat]

15. Wow. They clearly know just how many out-of-work reporters and editors there are. I find this

horrifying.

[woo me with science]

17. I found that really chilling, too. nt

[hlthe2b]

16. Geez... They should hire Frank Bailey....who would be able to

put context around what he is reading... Having just published his own book, based on those emails he personally had possession of, this seems a no-brainer.

[HopeHoops]

18. They need dumbfuck-to-English translators.

[jtrockville]

20. Wonder what format they're in. I guess .pst is asking too much?

[Ohio Joe]

21. K&R - nt