perché hanno smesso di pubblicarli. Uno pensa che la Repubblica, o il manifesto, pubblichino un quotidiano, ma invece poi scopre di sbagliarsi. Ecco a cosa mi riferisco -ma si, facciamoci del male, facciamo il solito confronto con un altro paese europeo: prendiamo il Guardian sui riot a Londra in questi giorni.

Tottenham riots: why we launched an online survey for those who were there

«Thanks to live reporting and tweeting from reporters and eyewitnesses on the ground, a clear picture of what happened, and its aftermath, is rapidly emerging. What will take longer to emerge, however, is any sense as to why these riots – predicted by virtually no one – took place. Theories aplenty are circulating social media, and soon will be followed by commentators in the paper setting out what the riots mean in the UK’s wider social context.

However, the only people who can really shed light on why the riots took place are those who rioted, their friends, families and neighbours. [..]

Reporters on the ground are doing what they can to ask as many participants as possible why they took place in either the protests or subsequent riots, rather than just asking what they saw.

To complement that, given that many protesters were said to be carrying smartphones and taking to social media, we are asking the same questions online. While this can only generate anecdotal information (and the plural of anecdote is not data), we’re hoping it will help inform and expand our reporting.

What other data-driven or crowdsourced approaches can we use to cover this type of story? Give us your thoughts in the comments.»