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A movement is afoot for community members to become news producers -- citizen journalists -- and to interact more with members of the mainstream press, creating more of a dialogue then "lecture" format for the news.
Dan Gillmor, former reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, has written a book on this subject and maintains a blog at http://wethemedia.oreilly.com
This community will share news and ideas about the citizen journalist movement.
Kindly note that this forum is a place to discuss the citizen journalism movement, not a place to share your own views on everything. If you'd like to engage in citizen journalism, I recommend the no-cost blogging service called Blogger (http://www.blogger.com), which is owned by Google. Blogger is easy to use and has excellent features.
Phil Shapiro
Volunteer Community Editor
pshapiro@his.com
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BBC NEWS: Police target Pakistan opposition - Published: 2007/09/22 22:50:09 GMT
Claude Almansi | September 22
Police in Pakistan have detained key opposition figures who vowed to disrupt President Pervez Musharraf's bid for re-election, officials say.
Dozens of warrants for preventative custody had been issued, officials say.
Two of the key targeted groups are the PML-N party of former PM Nawaz...
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User Created Video Content Wanted for TV Broadcast
Lindsey Brown | August 27
We will be placing viewer created content of any and all kinds into a new format for Television. If you have any content, of 10 minutes or less, you have created for Youtube etc that is clean and can be shown on a commercial broadcast station, we want it. You (and your website) will get credit...
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Future Affairs With Civic Media
Som Patidar | August 14
In developed countries like must-mention United States of America the new media emerging with greater pace. Web or Internet is the basic source of new media.
One greater aspect of new media, which is still not-much-expose, is the democratization of netizen’s life. This effect is, obviously,...
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Citizen Journalism: Coming Out Of Newsroom Horizons
Som Patidar | August 6
Citizen Journalism or Grassroots Journalism will overshadowed the traditional journalism in coming days. The indication of user-empowered-content age is visible in the major citizen journalism drives initiated by major media houses, worldwide.
Now, the very question may arise, why the...
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For the blundering amateur who spams the comments of this blog
Claude Almansi | August 2
To the person using the bikash thapa ID:
You have so far spammed 19 entries of this blog with links to tripod pages offering ringtones. It took you a whole 1 hour and 16 minutes to spam the first 12 entries, and you goofed the last 2...
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IRI Pakistan Pre-Election Observation Mission Statement
By: Members of the Mission Team, International Repubblican Institute | November 13, 2007
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| Islamabad, Pakistan – One day before a state of emergency was declared, a delegation with the International Republican Institute (IRI) concluded a mission assessing preparations for parliamentary elections. The assessment was conducted with the firm conviction of the need for credible and transparent provincial and national elections, without which the full legitimacy of Pakistan’s government cannot be achieved. During the eight-day mission, delegates reviewed the technical and political preparation for constitutionally mandated elections, which will provide a crucial roadmap to the return to democratic governance in Pakistan. |
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The Citizen Media: There Are Ideas, Plans And Initiatives But Where Is Money?
By: Som, Patidar | September 20, 2007
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| The concept of citizen media comes after the failure of traditional media in voicing righteous things. |
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Citizen Journalism: Coming Out Of Newsroom Horizons
By: Som Patidar, abcnewsnetwork | August 6, 2007
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| Citizen Journalism or Grassroots Journalism will overshadow the traditional journalism in coming days. The indication of user-empowered-content age is visible in the major citizen journalism drives initiated by major media houses, worldwide. |
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New institutional structure in Venezuela may help bridge digital divide and bring better democracy
By: Guillermo Cerceau, Independent | January 29, 2007
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| A new institutional framework is being built in Venezuela, with the approval of the law of Communal Councils, a structure that transfers power from the state to communities. For this proclaimed “federation of councils” to be a reality, a huge technological infrastructure has to be built, together with an educational effort. The building of communal communication centers, the campaigns for “technological alphabetization” and other efforts point to that direction. |
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Localnewsapalooza! Blogs and Citizen Journalism, April 14
By: Lisa Williams, A Sense Of Place Network | April 13, 2005
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| The weekly bloggers' meeting at Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet and Society will be hosting a special session on blogs and local citizen journalism on April 14 at 7PM.
The session will include a tour of volunteer-run local journalism websites across the US and beyond, as well as a look at recently released tools and... |
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The Blogging Phenomenon: Who? How? Why?
By: Cedar Pruitt, A Sense Of Place Network | January 6, 2005
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| With the release of the Pew Internet & American Life report this week announcing a rapid increase in the number of people reading blogs, not to mention the flurry of media attention around the blogging phenomenon, some people may be scratching their heads and wondering: Just what IS a blog? |
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Is this the Future of Media? Microsoft vs. Google.....
By: Louise van Rooyen, A Sense Of Place Network | December 19, 2004
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| Check out this thought-provoking, fun and interesting piece on the future of media:
http://letitblog.com/epic/ols-master.html
(NB: 8 minutes long - but very quick to load)
Includes some very interesting observations about media trends and possible futures? |
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