Amy Gahran notes that despite the reasons and events that drive citizen journalism forward – its value is clearly illustrated in the Virginia Tech shootings this week: “Doubtless in coming days we’ll be poring over the first-person blog entries, Twitter posts, forum discussions, Flickr photos, podcasts, moblogs, YouTube videos, and more from those unfortunate enough… Continue reading Tragedy Brings Out the Power of Citizen Journalism
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Bloggers vs. Journalists, Round 7
David Lazarus of the San Francisco Chronicle defends the value of journalism in a “we have blogs, who needs journalists” world. “…the simple fact is that newspapers do the digging that most bloggers do not. The blogosphere — a silly term coined by bloggers to legitimize their posturing — is comprised by and large of… Continue reading Bloggers vs. Journalists, Round 7
Yawn. The Death of Newspapers.
Have you heard? Newspapers are dead? While that is fun for some people to say, I still get the sense that it is the same old tug-of-war between the “old guard” and the “new guard.” More likely, people simply haven’t come up with a better way to refer how we get news. Tim O’Reilly started… Continue reading Yawn. The Death of Newspapers.
Now Hiring: Citizen Journalists
Traditional journalism outlets are embracing citizen journalism: “CBS News and Fox News on Monday signed up Neighborhood America to create social-networking technology that will help them attract user-generated news reports from citizen journalists around the United States.” At what point will every niche, every industry, every B2B category have well established networks of “sources” that… Continue reading Now Hiring: Citizen Journalists
Where Anyone Can Be a Reporter, Writer, Researcher or Editor
Wired is diving into citizen journalism and crowdsourcing once again. A new project called Assignment Zero offers: “…any willing contributor the chance to do the work of a reporter, writer, researcher or editor in a joint investigation by Wired and NewAssignment.Net. When Assignment Zero ends, NewAssignment.Net will publish the results — articles, interviews and assorted… Continue reading Where Anyone Can Be a Reporter, Writer, Researcher or Editor
Truly Interactive Journalism
Will Wright, the creator of videogame sensations SimCity and the Sims is slowly working on his next game: Spore. You can check out this amazing video that gives you a tour of Spore. Basically, you create life from a single spore, as it evolves into a galaxy. He recently presented at the South by Southwest… Continue reading Truly Interactive Journalism
When Your Sources Go Directly to Your Audience
Doc Searls looks at how the web has changed journalism. “The Net is a giant zero. It puts everybody zero distance from everybody and everything else. And it supports publishing and broadcasting at costs that round to zero as well. “It is essential for the mainstream media to understand that the larger information ecosystem is… Continue reading When Your Sources Go Directly to Your Audience
Blogging’s Past, Present and Future
Dan Farber of ZDnet gives an interesting overview of blogging’s past, present and future. Some highlights: Dave Winer, who many consider the father of blogging, both technically and culturally, has been blogging for close to a decade. “Every entity, from newspapers and political campaigns to corporate executives and PR pros, has adopted blogging as a… Continue reading Blogging’s Past, Present and Future
Working for Free: User-Generated Media
As user-generated media becomes a prime force in the cultural and business worlds, Time asks ‘how much work will people will do for free?’ The power of volunteer-generated media has hit some important milestones: “Argue about its inaccuracies all you want, but the volunteer-authored online encyclopedia is on its way to becoming (if it isn’t… Continue reading Working for Free: User-Generated Media
Associated Press Welcomes User Generated Content
The Associated Press just struck a deal with NowPublic.com “designed to bring citizen content into AP newsgathering, and to explore ways to involve NowPublic’s on-the-ground network of news contributors in AP’s breaking news coverage.” “The goal of the effort is to expand the world’s access to news as it happens, the companies said.”