Archive for the ‘Citizen journalism’ Category

46,000 citizen reporters can’t be wrong

Sunday, February 19th, 2006 OhMyNews is now 46,000 citizen reporters. Founded on the premise that "every citizen is a reporter," OhmyNews is accredited for having a tremendous impact on the news production, distribution and consumption habits of citizens across the world. By promoting an ...

Pete Clifton, head of BBC News Interactive talking about citizen Journalism

Monday, February 13th, 2006 Peter Clifton Head of the BBC News Interactive in conversation with conversation with Jemima Kiss The wider internet community has an ethos of contribution and collaboration without financial incentive. Is it exploitative for commercial news organisations to publish the ...

Citizen journalism gives an alternative voice to Israel

Monday, February 13th, 2006 Citizen reporting is about to democratise Israeli media, according to the founders of a new website designed to give a voice to those outside the mainstream press. Scoop.co.il was launched by former Maariv journalist Michael Weiss ...

Not just another column about blogging

Thursday, February 9th, 2006 Inflamatory stuff from Jack Schafer in What newspaper history says about newspaper future. I'm not about to predict what the collapsing cost of media creation will ultimately do to the news business, if only because my track record at ...

The end of TV as we know it: A future industry perspective

Thursday, February 9th, 2006 I picked this up via Peter Bates mentions a report recently published by IBM The end of TV as we know it: A future industry perspective Peter says; according to a recent report the broadcasting industry is confronting ...

How news media could and should change

Saturday, January 28th, 2006 Robin Good posting on his most excellent blog says about Julian Gallo A very talented journalism Professor from Argentina, has recently written an interesting article about how the trade should take full advantage of the direct publishing ...

Chinese bloggers debate Google

Friday, January 27th, 2006 Google's decision to launch a censored version of its search engine in China has drawn opprobrium from many bloggers around the world. The BBC News website spoke to bloggers in China and Hong Kong to get their ...

How the net is transforming news

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Via the BBC The impact of the internet on news has the potential to transform the interaction between politics, media and the public, beyond recognition, argues the BBC's Director of Global News, Richard Sambrook. The argument is The ...

More reviews of Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 In a connected world, communities hold great power, and not just via hyperlink analysis on the Web. The groundbreaking book "Communities Dominate Brands" provides a truly realistic glimpse into the way communities have affected the way we market. Communities ...

Mobile futures

Saturday, January 21st, 2006 I spoke at an event at Simmons and Simmons in the City on Thursday to about 185 people. The topic - The future of mobile. Tony Fish of AMF Ventures brought a crowd of enterprises, entrepreneurs and investors, ...