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Inside TechRaking II: Gaming the News
On Wednesday, Sept. 19, gaming industry executives, designers and artists convened with journalists at IGN to explore how gaming platforms can be used to reach and engage citizens in investigative journalism. Here's what they came up with. More info at: http://cironline.org/techraking
Welcome to #TechRaking! @RebeccaSaar is helping register. Stay tuned for tweets from the event! cironline.org/techraking http://pic.twitter.com/kj2COai7- TechRakers were asked to choose a spirit animal with their registration. The reason would be revealed later in the day: Two attendees that chose animals with numbers stamped on them were promised a free lunch at CIR.
- Today: Cthulhu is my spirit animal & I'm describing games as platforms for community engagement. #techraking twitpic.com/awbdre
My spirit animal for #techraking. Clearly, I want to be tall. My 2nd choice was a raccoon. http://pic.twitter.com/5udVm7kC- My spirit animal for the day? #techraking @ IGN Entertainment instagr.am/p/Pw2nmAPjUA/
Everyone waiting for #TechRaking to start is having a crazy fun time just being here. Online journalists = American Dream? Discuss.
Really psyched about the number of ladies that came out to hack up some news games at #TechRaking. #changetheratio- Joaquin Alvarado, CIR’s chief strategy officer, played emcee and kicked things off by explaining the schedule and rules for the day, along with introductions by Robert J. Rosenthal, CIR's executive director; Tal Blevins Blevins, IGN's vice president of games content; Jeanne Brooks, the Online News Association's director of innovation and community engagement; and Michael Skoler, Public Radio International's vice president of interactive media.
Getting started at @ign for #techraking! We'll be tweeting out info about intersection of #news and games. http://pic.twitter.com/26zCvyrJ
Goal of today's #TechRaking session: How do we create games that help people understand complex issues without oversimplifying facts? #ONA12
"Future of news is journalists creating high quality stories in alliance with others: engineers, gamers, etc." Rosenthal at #Techraking
.@mskoler gives a shout-out to the awesome Budget Hero in his #TechRaking intro. Play the updated Election Edition: ow.ly/dPPS3
SimCity and Civilization are two excellent eg. of a successful game that also happens to teach players by consequence @talign #TechRaking- "How can we use games to understand these broader concepts" like urban planning or history. @talign #TechRaking
Listening to @talign serenade us with his experiences with games. Shout-out to Babbages! Brilliant way to start the day. #techraking
Great point by @talign - news games can help us better understand the world around us. #TechRaking- After the intros and ground rules had been given, TechRakers broke into five groups to hear presentations and participate in discussions with Nonny de la Peña, Heather Chaplin, Dennis Bonilla, and CIR's Steve Talbot and Chase Davis.
- Breaking into rooms. Doing a workshop on how to create immersive environs that draw a player into a game and apply to j-games #TechRaking
- CIR's Chase Davis led a conversation about how machine learning and gaming could potentially improve journalism and public engagement.
