Does the Online Community Structure Fit with that of Journalism?
Steve Yelvington looks at “Why journalists don’t make ideal online community leaders.” It doesn’t start with your source list A healthy Web community leverages the passions of individuals and activists...
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Remembering How to Play
The coverage of the California wildfires gives another interesting look at how quickly reporting is evolving with the advent of new online tools and communities. What is most interesting is how the...
View ArticleCitizen Journalism in Myanmar
Citizen journalism is experienced – in action – during the Myanmar protests. “When traditional methods and professional journalists can’t provide footage, and personal safety allows, citizens rise to...
View ArticleMainstream Media Embrace Citizen Journalism Tools
Josh Catone looks at how mainstream media has embraced the tools of citizen journalists. “It’s interesting to see how the techniques and technologies of amateur, citizen journalists are adopted,...
View ArticleA Solo Journalist Reflects on Reporting from the War Zone
Kevin Sites reflects on his experiences as a solo journalist in a war zone: “What that demonstrated to me was the power of online media in telling a more complete – and sometimes more accurate story...
View ArticleBloggers & Citizen Journalists Reshape Gov’t Control
Jennifer Woodard Maderazo look at how citizen journalists and bloggers around the world are reshaping how we look at journalism within areas of conflict. “Before the web, it was relatively easy for...
View ArticleNewspaper Threatened by Community Website
Romenesko points us to an interesting story from Montana… A local journalism school has launched a community driven website to cover the news of the local Crow Indian Reservation. This is who is...
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When Citizen Journalists Pay the Ultimate Price…
Professional journalists who cover important, yet dangerous, events, risk paying the ultimate price. In 2007, 124 ” media workers” were killed on the job, many in Iraq. This week, a citizen journalist...
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MoJo: The Coming of Mobile Journalism
Journalists are finding success with pocket-sized tools that allow them to report on stories from almost anywhere in the world. Reuters is having their reporters experiment with a “mobile journalism...
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HyperLocal Websites: Impressive But Still Lacking a Sense of “Place”
I am playing with some local news websites, which focus on aggregating government statistics, user-generated content, and news from a variety of sources. While these site don’t feel whole yet, they...
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