[Keyword: online journalism]. A question that desperately needs asking as print operations rush to produce their own online video bulletins – and answered at length at OJR. The rub is, those used to reporting stories for print may have to re-think their news priorities, as some things simply work better in pictures. Here’s some quotes: “Media executives say yes, it’s
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Hold the Front Page reports on Lincoln Today’s relaunch as an “online-only, standalone project, in a move that differentiates it from Lincolnshire Newspapers’ print editions in the city. … The team is accepting submissions of both news and pictures from their readers both by email and by text message.”
[Keyword: online journalism]. In one of the vaguest quotes I’ve seen in a long while, Press Complaints Commission chairman Sir Christopher Meyer is quoted as saying: “My personal view is that this new and exciting area [the internet?] cannot be left in a regulatory vacuum. To the contrary, it cries out for the sound principles of self-regulation. I am pleased
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[Keyword: online journalism]. You can read Georgina Henry’s experiences of managing Comment is free at http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1784903,00.html. Key quote: “The answer for most media companies developing blogs (although no one isdoing anything quite like Comment is free) is to pre-moderate comments. We havedeliberately decided against that, only requiring commenters to register,because we want to keep the conversation as free-flowing as possible.
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Here’s a site I wasn’t aware of before a letter published in the latest Press Gazette: The-Latest.com, a citizen journalism website which frustratingly doesn’t include an About Us page. There is, however, an FAQ page, and some cursory exploration uncovers a surprisingly diverse site, taking in columns, community news, world news, and everything inbetween. It’s not clear
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Some useful tools – coComment, del.icio.us and co.mments – are noted by Easton Ellsworth if you want to keep track of the comments you post on various blogs.
[Keyword: online journalism]. Esward Wasserman writes about the dangers of companies using online journalism and its associated trend, convergence, as an excuse to increase production, “degrading the working conditions of journalists and diverting energies away from the kind of richly detailed, thoughtful reporting that exemplifies the best in journalism.” “It’s the insertion,” he argues, “of the Internet’s round-the-clock publishing cycle
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[Keyword: online journalism]. The Press Gazette’s Citizen Journalism awards seem to be taking a narrow view of what the genre means. “Only still pictures and/or video files will be considered”, say the entry criteria with the upshot that the very best of citizen journalism – independent reporting, following up of sources, and expert analysis, gets overlooked. I will refrain from
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Useful as ever for anyone considering blogging – also check out the accompanying article “Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?,” published July 14, 2005.
[Keyword: online journalism]. Martin Stabe gives a good summary of the We Media conference, asking: “Where were the “we” in the brave new We Media? Just one blogger — 7 July survivor and political blogger Rachel North — appeared on stage on the first day. The £450 delegate fee hardly encouraged participation by citizen journalists.” He goes on to say:
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