An Amsterdam based artist, Lotte Meijer, has created "broadcast your podcast", a technology and an idea to help podcasters get their content into the FM radio band. "The idea is to allow people to hear podcasts without the need for… Continue Reading
Jeff Jarvis just came to visit us at work. I guess he thought he was talking to people more important than most of us sat there because he kept talking about the need to open up to contributions from our… Continue Reading
Are you a media or journalism student? Reckon you can podcast, shoot and edit video for the web, blog, write articles for student magazines or newspapers? If so, the We Media Fringe, taking place at a secret location in SoHo,… Continue Reading
It’s unofficially official! Due to the efforts of a small band of co-conspirators, the WeMedia fringe event is going to take place in London on the evening of Wednesday 03 May 2006. So far we’ve organised the following speakers for… Continue Reading
I’m always saying that mainstream media needs to start seeking out and embracing audience content wherever it might exist, even if that means just linking to it rather than supplying the platform and making claims of ownership over the content.… Continue Reading
3 mobile in the UK is offering users the opportunity to make money from cameraphone videos and images. According to the website, 3 subscribers can upload their video using the short code 32323. The Guardian reports that the service, which… Continue Reading
We knew there was something in the works – the rumour that Craig, who wrote a guest post for cybersoc.com last week, had invested money in a “citizen journalism project” has been making the rounds for a few weeks now.… Continue Reading
A few days ago at work I got an email from a student doing a dissertation about the BBC. On her course, the lecturers always talked about the BBC being a model upon which news and media organisations around the… Continue Reading
In the most recent installment of his series of articles for BBC News Online, Dan Gillmor suggests that journalists play a part in the education of citizen journalists: "Professional journalists should also be helping citizen journalists, with education and training.… Continue Reading
Ian Mayes, president of the Organisation of News Ombudsmen, points out that The Guardian and Sky News were duped last week when they ran a user contributed photo, purportedly of a fire in Dorset (England), that turned out to be… Continue Reading