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Opening The Election
A 2017 Open News Project
Help Scoop to open the news this election cycle through a participatory, citizen powered and open licensed news project in collaboration with expert freelance journalists and editors. We are building a groundswell of readers and citizens to help Scoop implement this more open approach to independent media in 2017.
Opening The Election - Latest News [Page 1]
Capturing party intentions: Spinoff’s POLICY tool
Friday, 1 September 2017, 2:57 pm | Opening The Election
Capturing party intentions: Spinoff’s POLICY tool. Byline: Opening the election The SpinOff’s initiative Policy launched recently and is a resource for undecided voters in the September election. Scoop has a role in this project as content partner. ... More >>
Opening the Election - Scoop Launches New Q&A Website
Friday, 18 August 2017, 11:55 am | Opening The Election
Scoop is launching the Any Questions website for the 2017 election today. Any Questions is a Q & A website where New Zealanders can ask the questions of political parties in the lead up to the election. This is part of our “ Opening the Election ” ... More >>
Election hustings and related events in Wellington
Friday, 21 July 2017, 5:00 pm | Opening The Election
These meetings are taking place in Wellington in the lead-up to the election. Most, but not all, are specifically related to the election. Information is provided on a best efforts basis and we suggest you check with the website to confirm the information ... More >>
June Update: Affordable Housing HiveMind Discussion
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 3:47 pm | Opening The Election
The first of our pre-Election HiveMind discussions will go live on Scoop next week with a highly important topic for most New Zealanders - Affordable Housing. The discussion will be based on the ideas and approaches to creating affordable housing proposed ... More >>
Thank You Page For Scoop’s 2017 Opening the Election Fundraiser
Monday, 29 May 2017, 12:45 pm | Opening The Election
This page is to express our heartfelt thanks to all of the people and organisations who have supported Scoop in Autumn 2017 and ensuring we are able to continue our work and to open the election in 2017. More >>
‘Ads for Good’ winners announced
Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 3:36 pm | Opening The Election
Scoop today announces the results of our ads for good. There are six campaigns that have been voted winners of our Ads for Good based on votes received by Scoop’s supporters from our Opening the Election fundraising. More >>
Ads for Good campaign - voting has started
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 4:03 pm | Opening The Election
While Scoop is busy working on the Opening The Election campaign, we’d like to tell you about our ‘Ads for Good’ offer that was announced during the PledgeMe campaign. More >>
'Opening The Election' Video: Nicky Hager and Mike Joy
Friday, 21 April 2017, 4:30 pm | Opening The Election
Massey University's Dr Mike Joy on promoting science in the face of government spin. Journalist Nicky Hager offered a checklist of issues to promote for an open civil society. More >>
Scoop’s Top-5 Crowdsourced Election Topics
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 9:52 am | Opening The Election
Last Friday Scoop announced the top 5 issues we hope to prioritise for our “Opening The Election” journalism project over the next 5 months. The topics selected by the Scoop community (with % of respondents who agreed) were: More >>
Nicky Hager Speaking Live on Scoop Tonight
Friday, 7 April 2017, 4:52 pm | Opening The Election
Tune in live at our facebook page at 8.45pm tonight Friday 7 April to hear Nicky Hager speak live at Scoop’s Opening the Election event. More >>
Win a copy of 'A Constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand' Book
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 4:24 pm | Opening The Election
We have one copy of A Constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand , by former prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and constitutional lawyer Dr Andrew Butler. The book has been signed by Sir Geoffrey and generously donated to Scoop in support of this campaign. More >>
Scoop ‘Opening The Election’ Forum Event
Monday, 3 April 2017, 5:38 pm | Opening The Election
Scoop ‘Opening The Election’ Forum Event 7 April from 7pm - 11pm @ 17 Tory St, Wellington and streaming online at this page. Speakers ft. Nicky Hager, Geoff Simmons Live Music from Mara TK , Ruth Mundy and Lake South More >>
Scoop offering 2 million “Ads For Good” this election year
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 3:09 pm | Opening The Election
We are launching an exciting new community incentive as part of Scoop’s ‘Opening the Election’ crowdfunding campaign by offering 2 million free ads on Scoop to worthy causes. More >>
Open Election Ambassadors - help Scoop spread the word
Friday, 24 March 2017, 5:21 pm | Opening The Election
Scoop is seeking people who are concerned about the lack of transparency in politics and the lack of openness in the media conversation around it to help us create a more open election. Our “Opening the Election’ campaign seeks to address these ... More >>
Crowdsourcing Scoop’s Election Journalism
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 3:24 pm | Opening The Election
Which election Issues should we explore further in 2017? The goal of this interactive HiveMind exploration is to get community input on which issues Scoop should be investigating further over this election year. More >>
Scoop Launches Its First Open News Project
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 5:10 pm | Opening The Election
Scoop is excited to announce the launch of our first Open News Project - a crowdsourced and crowdfunded open licensed newsroom aimed at ‘Opening the Election’ in 2017. Thats right - we are not only asking our crowd for money but for help to co-create ... More >>
