The Brian Lehrer Show wants you to tell them your story, or report on what you see, for this online project. They’ll be building a website of your local stories of economic activity in the New York City area — jobs lost or found, stores opening or closing, good deals on rent, whatever you find.
This collaborative online and on-air crowdsourcing project is called Your Uncommon Economic Indicators
You don’t have to go to Wall Street to see that the economy’s in shambles—increasingly, you just have to go…out your own front door.
Forget your shrinking stock portfolio—is your morning cup of coffee staying the same size and brand? What’s happening in your neighborhood, or in your workplace, that hints at an overarching trend? What are the less obvious, more personal signs that the economy is changing?
WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show is launching Your Uncommon Economic Indicators, an online and on-air crowdsourcing project aimed at illuminating the state of the economy through listener reports on the personal impact of the recession.
Make submissions at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/economic_indicators/.
Already, on the Brian Lehrer Facebook page and the story archive, listeners have reported:
· Shrinking bets in home poker games
· A 22 cent surcharge for mayo instead of ketchup at McDonald’s
· Seats are harder to find in internet cafés
· A landlord who agreed to lower rent by 25% indefinitely when renters both lost ¼ their pay
· A Pathmark went from open 24/7 to 18/7
Use the YouProduce wiki page for instructions on how to submit photos to the Flickr pool, join the Twitter Feed, or leave a voicemail report (1-800-543-2543).
Text, photo, or video submissions will be plotted on an interactive Google map, and all submission will appear on an archive page which can be sorted by indicator types like “behavior,†“bright spots†“commerce, “employment,†“housing†and “swindlers.â€
Listen to Brian’s introduction of the series on Thursday’s show by clicking here.
It would be great to add Bed-Stuy’s voice to this, so if you have seen any indicators of the economic crisis here in Bed-Stuy please take part in this interesting project.
planet money does this as well:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/