Not getting enough action as a citizen journalist? Now you can report from a warzone, or your garden sandbox, with this 12 inch war journalist action figure (originally spotted by Neil). He comes complete with a betacam, digital stills camera… Continue Reading
Scoopt, the “citizen journalist photo agency”, has launched ScooptWords, a service that will help bloggers sell their content. “We strongly believe that many bloggers produce content as good as or better than what already appears in newspapers and magazines. But… Continue Reading
From tonight’s RSS feeds: The International Herald Tribune, the global newspaper owned by the New York Times, is to carry stories written by members of the public. A deal with a South Korean news website, OhmyNews International, could see so-called… Continue Reading
A while back I had a visit at work from Greg, Doug and Major – three students from the New Media Program at the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. They’d come to London in the hopes of… Continue Reading
I was looking at inbound links this evening and came across one originating behind the firewall of a company called NetVocates which is a "blog intelligence and advocacy service". The website blurb says, reasonably enough: "…blogs frequently impact an organization… Continue Reading
Georgina Henry, editor of the Guardian’s Comment is Free, writes in today’s print edition about getting out there and engaging with the audience: “On good days I think this is the most exciting new frontier for journalism – the immediacy… Continue Reading
Citizen Journalists in California can sigh with relief – a court has ruled that Apple cannot force ISP’s to hand over emails that Apple think will help them track down the source of company information leaked to bloggers. [March 2005… Continue Reading
Revver, a video sharing site currently in beta launch, will share ad revenue 50/50 with the users. Ads will be placed at the end of each clip with users having some control over what ads they find acceptable. Each time… Continue Reading
george bush falls victim to the epg Originally uploaded by robinh1973. The electronic program guide (epg) decides that a George Bush speech broadcast on Voice of America TV (Hotbird Satellite 370) is called “dummyEventName”. And who said there was no… Continue Reading
A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that Scoopt appeared to be positioning itself for some sort of citizen journalism project. Ok, so I had a tip off about it weeks ago and was sworn to secrecy, but now that… Continue Reading