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Mary Hamilton is audience director and assistant editor at The Guardian U.S. She previously worked for The Guardian in London and in Sydney at the launch of the newspaper’s Australia site.

June 17, 2015

Crowdsourcing The Counted: How The Guardian aims to put the audience at the heart of its journalism

How do you build an audience for a project tracking Americans killed by police? For The Guardian U.S.’ audience team, it’s a mix of community building, technology, and focused attention.

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Hamilton, Mary. "Crowdsourcing The Counted: How The Guardian aims to put the audience at the heart of its journalism." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Jun. 2015. Web. 18 Apr. 2024.

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Hamilton, M. (2015, Jun. 17). Crowdsourcing The Counted: How The Guardian aims to put the audience at the heart of its journalism. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/crowdsourcing-the-counted-how-the-guardian-aims-to-put-the-audience-at-the-heart-of-its-journalism/

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Hamilton, Mary. "Crowdsourcing The Counted: How The Guardian aims to put the audience at the heart of its journalism." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 17, 2015. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/06/crowdsourcing-the-counted-how-the-guardian-aims-to-put-the-audience-at-the-heart-of-its-journalism/.

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