A new take on citizen journalism makes a lot of sense.
citizen journalism
A collection of 11 posts
A last word on "citizen journalism" - hopefully
Like many opinionated rant online commentators about journalism, I get fairly regular e-mails from students asking for my comments on journalism, blogging and social media. Inspired by Jon Bernstein making his responses to one set of questions public, I’ve…
Guardian launches Citizen Journalism platform: Guardian Witness
Joanna Geary: The GuardianWitness platform, and supporting iPhone and Android apps will help us to carry on this tradition. It will allow you to tell your story – by desktop or mobile – by submitting pictures, videos and text to journalists directly…
The media: under occupation
Laurie Penny: As more and more ordinary men, women and children without degrees in journalism acquire the skills and technology to broadcast text and video, the media has become another cultural territory which is gradually being re-occupied. Those on the…
news:rewired - Involving Users in Projects #newsrw
Warning: Liveblogging – errors and typos likely iVillage – Lulu Phongmany: Been around for 10 years without really talking to the community about what they wanted. Very different issues drive success in message boards as opposed to content. Content seems tool-based, forums…
An Alternative Form of Journalism
Liveblog of a talk by citizen journalism site OhMyNews founder Yeon-ho Oh. Some thought-provoking stuff.…
news:rewired:reviewed
It has been a funny old week, as the lazy, journalistic cliché goes. This time last week, I was telling myself for the third afternoon in a row that I’d do my slides for news:rewired tomorrow, and now…
Dean Street Fire: Most Recorded Fire Yet?
Some footage from YouTube of the fire in Dean Street that’s burning right now. Ignore the fire and watch the people: See how many people are filming and photographing it?That’s the sea change.Londonist has done some…