[liberationtech] Looking for a Developer/Designer RA for full-year funding/hourly work at Stanford

[Tanja Aitamurto]

Thanks, Sanjay, sounds fascinating. We are looking for a Stanford student
for a team member position

Tanja Aitamurto, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Brown Fellow, postdoctoral
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation <http://brown.stanford.edu/>
Stanford Engineering
www.tanjaaitamurto.com <http://brokenfence.flavors.me/>
~ examining collective intelligence in journalism, governance and design ~

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Sanjay Goel <sanjay.goel at oximity.com>
wrote:

> Very interesting.   Maybe we have room for collaboration?
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> Oximity <https://www.oximity.com/> is a global news platform, entirely
> people-powered, challenging mainstream news media.
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> Currently we have news from roughly 3,000 individuals, 700 organizations
> and 24 networks <https://www.oximity.com/selected/authors/networks>
> worldwide, growing rapidly.  A network consists of a group of Organizers,
> Editors, and Writers.  Example:
> https://www.oximity.com/org/NINJA-1/members .   And news content in more
> than 40 languages.
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> Among other things, Oximity acts as a 'network of networks', bringing
> together diverse independent news networks from around the world onto one
> giant global platform, and cross-pollinating readers, writers and content
> across the various networks.
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> Future modules will include
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> * Whistleblower module - secure, anonymous, verified
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> * Crowdfunding for investigative journalism
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> We're based in Palo Alto and Berlin.  We have the full engineering/design
> team and sales/marketing teams already in place.  Collaboration would give
> you immediate access to a worldwide user base.
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> Just thinking aloud...
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> Sanjay
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> Sanjay Goel
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> CEO and Co-Founder, Oximity
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> Email: sanjay.goel at oximity.com
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> US: +1 917 497 0779
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> UK: +44 7900 697733
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> Germany: +49 15161616140
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> www.oximity.com
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> www.facebook.com/oximity
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> www.twitter.com/oximity
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> News Directly From the Source - Worldwide
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> *From:* liberationtech [mailto:liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Tanja Aitamurto
> *Sent:* 18 February 2015 05:38 PM
> *To:* liberationtech
> *Subject:* [liberationtech] Looking for a Developer/Designer RA for
> full-year funding/hourly work at Stanford
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> We are looking for an awesome developer and/or designer for a project on
> crowdsourcing investigative journalism. In the project we are developing a
> mobile and/or web application for crowdsourcing microtasks from both
> voluntary and paid crowdworkers for an investigative news site that has
> hundreds of thousands monthly readers and contributors.
>
>
>
> You can be a Stanford student (undergrad, Master’s, PhD student or a
> post-doc) in any level, as long as you have designer/developer skills.
> Previous front and back end UX development experience is appreciated, but
> you don’t need to have experience about crowdsourcing-related projects.
> There is flexibility in the starting date: You could start either over the
> summer, or in the fall 2015. The funding runs until the end of academic
> year 2015-2016.
>
>
>
> We are a team of three people, including postdoctoral and fellowship
> students, and we are looking to extend the team by a developer and/or
> designer, who would work with us in developing the applications. The work
> would be compensated by either covering your tuition + living (stipend) as
> a Research Assistant or paid as hourly work, depending on your preferences.
>
>
>
> Depending on the arrangements, there might be another developer working on
> the project part-time.
>
>
>
> In this job, you will get:
>
>
>
> * Unique design and development experience,
>
> * Co-authorship in research papers, if you want
>
> Work with an all-star, fun, ambitious and experienced team
>
> * Funding
>
> * Being part of the awesome Brown Institute for Media Innovation community
> and resources
>
> * Exposure in national and international press
>
> * Networks in the world of media innovations and crowdsourcing applications
>
> * Possibility to scale up internationally
>
>
>
> Please respond fast, this is a unique opportunity and the time is limited!
> Shoot us an email and let’s meet asap. Let us know if you have questions.
> Please respond to Tanja at tanjaa at stanford.edu and to Michael
> morisy at stanford.edu
>
>
>
> Tanja Aitamurto, Ph.D.
>
> Deputy Director
>
> Brown Fellow, postdoctoral
>
> The Brown Institute for Media Innovation <http://brown.stanford.edu/>
>
> Stanford Engineering
>
> www.tanjaaitamurto.com <http://brokenfence.flavors.me/>
>
> ~ examining collective intelligence in journalism, governance and design ~
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