We hear quite a bit about the rise
of citizen journalism (there is even a handbook and, based in the US, a National Association of Citizen Journalists).
Both rave about how much we've gained from Web 2.0 developments like blogs, wikis and the advent
of citizen journalism.
Has become a story
of citizen journalism gone awry, for the blogosphere is littered with amateur writers who have been duped into fighting against global warming by slick websites with official - sounding names like the Science and Public Policy Institute and the Friends of Science.
Will we see an influx
of citizen journalism on Facebook or Twitter?
The importance
of citizen journalism comes to the fore in Matthew Heineman's vital documentary.
He set about some polar exploring of his own, looking at the idea
of citizen journalism as an education tool and the extent to which scientists achieve an unmediated form of communication through their blogging.
This approach is a hybrid
of citizen journalism and traditional journalism, since MPR's audience isn't writing or preparing stories directly, as they might on a newspaper blog.
Not much new here, though the piece discusses YouTube and the rise
of citizen journalism, MySpace, Google - bombing and podcasts.
Not exact matches
Her essay on CNN iReport, «Why I Raise My Children Without God,» drew 650,000 page views, the second highest for an iReport, and the most comments
of any submission on the
citizen journalism platform.
«Global philanthropic support for efforts to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts totaled $ 283 million in 2013... 288 foundations awarded nearly 2,000 grants in support
of more than 1,200 organizations working for peace, justice, diplomacy, and national and global security, from conducting research on the prevention
of nuclear terrorism to supporting
citizen journalism in Egypt.
But with social media, blogs,
citizen journalism, and ever greater amounts
of news on a diverse and expanding range
of sites, information is shared across borders and goes around censors with greater ease than ever before.
Turi Munthe, CEO
of Demotix, a
citizen journalism website, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series on 2nd M
journalism website, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute
of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series on 2nd M
Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series on 2nd March 2011.
But we've often heard mainstream journalists bemoan the standard
of conversation common on blogs, and this incident serves as a perfect example
of one reason that
citizen journalism matters — the amateurs help keep the professionals honest.
He was a co-founder
of Convergence Media Network and WNYMedia.net, the region's first
citizen journalism outlet perhaps best known for reporting on Carl Paladino's circulation
of racist and pornographic emails.
The Bureau for Investigative
Journalism detailed how over the past two years the home secretary has quietly revoked the citizenship
of 16 British
citizens (out
of a total 21 since 2002), usually while they are abroad in another country.
In today's world
of 24/7 communication, social media, and
citizen journalism, cultural diplomacy has a deeper and wider scope, one that reflects its intersection with politics.
Gotham Gazette is an important part
of the ideals
of Citizens Union — as a watchdog publication committed to accountability
journalism, its work helps to an informed and engaged public is crucial to the work
of holding government and elected officials accountable to their promises and actions.
The nascent field
of sensor
journalism helps
citizen scientists and journalists fill in the data gaps in environmental monitoring networks
Social technologies such as blogs, Twitter and public Google Docs have paved the way for the rise
of participatory and collaborative
journalism, or
citizen journalism.
Whether the technology fuels a
citizen - science project or whether the data is available from scientists for use by journalists to plumb for stories, it's a facet
of data
journalism that is particularly relevant to environmental reporting.
It's a cinematic testament to what
citizen journalism can be and the crucial role
of the media as a means to inform the world.
This entire chapter
of the Assange and WikiLeaks story is absolutely crucial not only to his history, but to
journalism in general,
citizen reporting, whistleblowing and much more.
These guys — and, yes, except for one
of their wives, it is all men in this film though there have been many women involved in Syrian
citizen journalism as well — deserve a co-directing credit as so many
of the film's remarkable moments are from their footage.
It's also brought with it «
citizen journalism» — where everyone is potentially the messenger
of news.
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The first round
of books includes How to be a Playgirl, a short memoir on love, life and
journalism from Mental Floss managing editor Jessanne Collins, and High - Status Characters, a book about New York's Upright
Citizens Brigade theater by Brian Raftery.
I also learned that many small publishers were being wiped out by the «self - publishing revolution,» a movement that's not so unlike the «
citizen journalism» or bloggers» revolt
of recent years that's had a major impact on mainstream media, including this publication.
Let us expose this hot nonsense for what it is: a lie meant to exploit writers and to puff up that old persistent myth about the value
of exposure or the joy
of the starving artist or the mounting power
of unpaid
citizen journalism.
The world
of «
citizen journalism» has lowered the bar on quality writing.
He asserts that he adopts a form
of citizen or guerilla
journalism, setting out to look and learn from what is transpiring in the world around him.
It seems to me that any journalist worth her notepad allows no one to dictate to her, but that no
citizens of any democracy (or republic) worth the paper its constitution is written on refrain in any topic area from criticizing — not dictating to, but criticizing —
journalism.
What's not to like about an organization that is both centered on the most important form
of journalism — investigative reports with «moral force» — and agile enough to be hiring an «engagement reporter» and to build innovative online tools like Electionland, which used
citizen reports to home in on potential problems with ballot access?
«No question after this conference that blogs and
citizen journalism will (be) part
of the fabric
of law and society for years, if not forever.
[This ban] leaves
journalism students, freelancers, bloggers, and responsible
citizens who wish to attend trials and communicate about them in a situation that is likely to end in a violation
of their rights....
Bloggers and twitterers usually don't have those kinds
of interests to protect, and as we've seen, they feel free to broadcast what they feel in the moment — lawyer
citizen journalism, if you like.
They are hoping for
citizen journalism - style updates as well as recording
of problems at polling stations.
While an audience member asked about whether mobile would open these companies to
citizen journalism experiments, most
of the executives say they continue to regard the issue as secondary.
@WePublicHealth tests the use
of a rotated curated Twitter account as a new model for
citizen journalism with a public health focus.
A dual Canadian - British
citizen, Joannah has 22 years
of journalism and editing experience in Vancouver and London, with a background in construction, architecture, healthcare and business media.