[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Credit to Michael De Kort who, after two years of frustration trying to get some action on what he saw as critical security flaws in a fleet of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats, made a video blowing the whistle on his experiences and posted it on YouTube.com. As the Washington Post reports, “the video
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. There’s a lengthy discussion on ‘User Content’ at NMK, with some well respected contributors, including Richard Sambrook, Head of Global News Division, BBC, and Adam Curry. Adam Curry is quoted as saying that “within 5 years 50% of media will be created by the people”, which seems a suitably vague quote to prove or
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Poynter reports on a new documentary about citizen journalism, produced by a citizen, naturally. Citizen Journalism: from Pamphlet to Blog takes: “a wide-angle view of the citizen journalism phenomenon [and] looks at the genesis of citizen journalism in the pamphleteers of the 18th century (most notably Thomas Paine), through the ‘zine movement of the
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[Keyword: online journalism]. You can find a full list of the finalists for this year’s Online Journalism Awards at the Online Journalism Review, with links. They lead on the fact that published newspaper websites dominate the list, while the Press Gazette notes that the BBC is the only UK organisation listed (in the “Outstanding Use of Multiple Media” category for
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[Keyword: online journalism, flash journalism]. Poynter showcases a great example of multimedia journalism that also incorporate conversational journalism: the Christian Science Monitor’s feature: Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story: “Along with a gripping, detailed account of Monitor freelancer Jill Carroll’s widely publicized 82 days of captivity while on assignment in Iraq, this package also includes streaming video of an extensive interview
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. The editor of The Independent may not think that there’s a model for making money out of websites, but two stories today may just force him into a rethink. The first is a simple story of success from a publication that took the bold step to put its core content – in this case
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. I wrote this way back in February before Stuart realised his publishers may not be pleased about it leaking out. The book is now ready, so here’s the blurb: Students of online journalism may be interested to hear Stuart Allan is in the process of sending his latest book on the subject to the OU Press. He’s very
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[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Yes, I have a new box on the right if you want to subscribe to regular emails. And there’s some history to this… Frequent readers of my blog may be familiar with my ongoing quest to find a suitable way to offer email subscriptions. My first effort involved getting my blog to email posts
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[Keyword: online journalism]. Here’s a blog that’s worth perusing if you’re interested in the changes in newspapers brought about by new media: Innovations in Newspapers. Produced by a consultancy (clever way to spread the word about your services) it demonstrates a good understanding of good and bad practice in online journalism. Save this story on del.icio.us
[Keyword: online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. More from Press Gazette as the latest issue includes an interview with newly appointed head of multimedia for Trinity Mirror’s regional newspapers Michael Hill. It seems Hill is going to be firmly focused on making the most of citizen journalism, as he says: “I think newspapers, particularly regional newspapers, need to be — and
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