PBS, Salon.com and XM Satellite Radio in the US have teamed up to create participate.net, where audience members can submit short videos, podcasts and text stories to be reused by the various partners in the project. “As a community of… Continue Reading
The Guardian is currently running an online debate about citizen journalism. The panel, chaired by Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the NUJ, includes: Carol Hall, Rights Manager, BBC News John Thompson, MD, Mousetrap Media Kyle McRae, Scoopt.com Fiona Brownsell, CEO,… Continue Reading
The Guardian reports that Craig Newmark, the famously hands on founder of Craigslist, has invested in a "citizen journalism" site being set up by former MediaGuardian columnist, Jeff Jarvis. [link credit: iReporter] "While Newmark is reticent about specifics, a rollout… Continue Reading
Bloggers and news organisations are (finally!) starting to ask important questions about citizen journalism. In a sort of open letter to media pundit turned citizen journalism pundit turned citizen media journalism lecturer Dan Gilmour, who is giving a talk tomorrow… Continue Reading
Apple’s Steve Job announced a new Powerbook today. Running on an Intel chip, the MacBook Pro will supposedly be 4x’s faster than my little G4 Powerbook (yes I am jealous since you’re asking!). The Apple Website says that the built… Continue Reading
The 2006 Oxford Media Convention (19 January, Oxford, England) will focus on the role of public service broadcasting and media regulation in a digital age. Convergence, which has been talked about for so long, is finally upon us, as the… Continue Reading
A colleague of mine just pointed me towards an online video, recently produced by BBC News Interactive, exploring the theme of citizen journalism (primarily the use of cameraphone photos and video footage): Version for RealPlayer (256k) Version for WindowsMedia (256k)… Continue Reading
This week, the Chartered Institute of Journalists (in the UK) warned media organisations against encouraging people to put themselves or others at risk whilst taking photos on their camerphones: “Since the July bombs in London it has become common practice… Continue Reading
Howard Rheingold has made the syllabus available for a course on digital journalism that he’ll be teaching at Stanford University. Students will be asked to blog and post or edit a wikipedia entry as part of the assessment – nice… Continue Reading
2005 was, writes Jo Twist for BBC News Online, the year of the digital citizen: "2005 was arguably the year citizens really started to do it for themselves. Raising mobiles aloft, they did not just talk and text, they snapped,… Continue Reading