«Project Polk» attempts to highlight in a
digital environment the unsolved murder of U.S. reporter George Polk
in Thessaloniki, an incident described as one of the blackest pages
of Modern Greek history.
The particular project, undertaken by the QJNT5
team, aspires to present a digital narration of the controversial
case in an effort to connect the historical past with the new
era of journalism.
The digital storytelling
will be achieved by means of interactive public discussion among
journalists, researchers and laymen alike. It
will be accessible through a main website while, at the same time,
social networks will once again bring the case to the foreground.
Readers and site followers will be constantly updated on the progress
of the project and they will also have the chance to contribute to
the research of the case.
Finally, a handbook, documenting the process, will
be published so as to serve as a future guide for training
journalists on similar projects.
QJNT
stands for Quality Journalism and New Technologies (www.qjnt.gr)
and
consists of the following European Public Entities:
ARC - Athena Research Center (Ministry of Education, General Secretariat of Research & Technology)
DUK - Donau Universitat Krems
The Botsis Foundation for Quality Journalism
ARC - Athena Research Center (Ministry of Education, General Secretariat of Research & Technology)
DUK - Donau Universitat Krems
The Botsis Foundation for Quality Journalism
