Online Journalism Blog

[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. The LA Times paints a colourful picture of what it describes as the ‘YouTube effect’ of ‘YouTube journalism’: “A VIDEO SHOWS a line of people trudging up a snow-covered footpath. A shot is heard; the first person in line falls. A voice-over says, “They are killing them like dogs.” Another shot, and another
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Journalism.co.uk reports on a citizen journalism project by the BBC in collaboration with the University of Brighton, Nokia and mobile and web engagement specialist Ymogen “to explore new multi-media story telling ideas using mobile phones and GPS” Save this story on del.icio.us / Digg this story Paul Bradshaw lectures on the Journalism degree
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism]. Useful tips from Journalism.co.uk Save this story on del.icio.us / Digg this story Paul Bradshaw lectures on the Journalism degree at UCE Birmingham media department. He writes a number of blogs including the Online Journalism Blog, Interactive PR and Web and New Media

[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. As promised, MediaSkills.org now has further details of the Citizen Journalism conference planned for January 26, where the BBC’s Vicky Taylor, blogger Tom Reynolds and Trinity Mirror’s Michael Hill will all be speaking on how the media and citizen journalists can better work together. Save this story on del.icio.us / Digg this story
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Journalism.co.uk recently held its first Readers’ Revolution speaking event with guests Clyde Bentley, associate professor at Missouri School of Journalism, Robin Hamman, BBC blog network producer, and Kevin Anderson, the Guardian’s recently appointed blogging guru. Watch all three in glorious pixelated YouTube video at http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story3104.shtml Save this story on del.icio.us / Digg this
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. The editor of Orato.com has emailed me to alert me to their presence. In her own words: “We are a citizen journalism news Web site based in Vancouver, Canada that aims to put a human face on the news by showcasing vivid, first-person stories from individuals involved in current events. “We are driven
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. Jen McClure talks about New York Times chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger’s talk about citizen journalism and its effect on the New York Times and traditional media model: “While Mr. Sulzberger stated that his newspaper and others are increasingly embracing citizen journalism in some way, he seemed to exhibit what I would characterize
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, citizen journalism, blogging]. The British Journalism Review includes a relatively brief piece by Stephen Kingston on ‘community journalism’ (a term I would include some citizen journalism under) and the reasons for its rising popularity: “Welcome to Salford, the epicentre of some of Europe’s biggest regeneration projects – and home of the free, independent Salford Star magazine,
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[Keyword: journalism, online journalism, web 2.0]. Here’s a useful document for any publishers wondering what to do with the opportunities of web 2.0. Strangely, the whole thing is in Flash, and even more strangely, it tries to replicate a traditional magazine (pages turn, complete with rustling sound effect). Hardly web 2.0 (the tag cloud is particularly frustrating, as it’s simply
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