user generated content
Is journalist-created UGC really UGC?
Should a journalist be asking another journalist for their video?
Reddit for Journalists
Three speakers at news:rewired talking about use of Reddit in journalism, moderated by Mark Frankel, assistant editor, social news, BBC
news:rewired Crowdsourcing
So, onto other people’s panels, and I’ve plumped for the crowd-sourcing one, as I’m not local enough for the local panel and not clever enough for the data-mashing one… The speakers have placed very heavy emphasis on the verification process, from Demotix looking at information contained within
crowd-sourced journalism
Twitter, News and Mob Journalism
And that’s the key thing to understand about these distributed, mass publication media. They are not inherently good or bad. They are not a force for good or evil, but merely a vehicle in which the voices of the many can be raised for or against something, and, if
X (Twitter)
The Day Twitter Destroyed a Gagging Order
A gagging order designed to target mainstream news titles has been undone by the concerted efforts of Twitter users.
Blogging
Flightblogger Breaks Obama Running Mate Story
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2008/08/N755NA.html] One of our bloggers [broke the Obama running mate story](http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/08/vice-presidential-picks-and-pl.html). Here’s how:He knew that the candidate’s planes go into shop for re-painting around the time of the