Wavu è un aggregatore per esplorare le discussioni sull'informazione di
qualità e sul citizen journalism attraverso un percorso fra blog, giornali, social network.
Raccoglie analisi pubblicate nella blogosfera italiana. All'interno dell'area "reporter"
mostra una selezione di notizie e approfondimenti. Ha un focus nel settore "global" sulla
partecipazione a internet nei paesi in via di sviluppo. "Crossmedia" riunisce le narrazioni
generate dall'incontro di linguaggi su internet, come infografiche e mappe interattive.
Inoltre segnala in tempo reale messaggi inviati attraverso il social network twitter da
giornalisti e network d'informazione. Wavu è una parola in lingua swahili, parlata
soprattutto in Africa orientale: significa "rete", "network".
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