Comments on: Virginia Tech shooting: another citizen journalism milestone?

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By: Virginia Tech: more on that ethics question « Online Journalism Blog

Virginia Tech: more on that ethics question « Online Journalism Blog — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:33:49 +0000

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By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:01:44 +0000

Beyond that… well, there’s a difference in scale, and in accessibility.

While journalists have always had ‘citizen’ sources, readers typically had to rely on them and their papers/TV/radio bulletin to access those first hand accounts. That’s no longer the case, and in this story it was the ‘citizens’ who released the names of the victims, of suspects (often erroneously), and of other details. In this situation, what is the journalist’s role? As you indicate, filtering for taste, accuracy and credibiility become more important than ‘getting there first’.

By: Hil Hunt

Hil Hunt — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:26:55 +0000

Why does all this talk of citizen juournalism make me feel like DCI Gene Hunt? Hacks look for information wherever they can find it. If the neighbours know what’s going on, they go ask them. More often than not, there’s a friendly police officer. Local papers, cuttings libraries, college newspapers, class yearbooks, even memorial messages on bunches of flowers have always been grist to the mill in a story like this. Now people post their feelings and scraps of knowledge on blogs and websites. Go find it…but what’s the big deal? In the end it’s another source which needs weighing for taste, accuracy and credibility like everything else which professional journalism aspires to. Yes, people are recording stuff on their phones and cameras. That’s also been a potential source since the first cheap cameras and camcorders arrived in ordinary homes many years ago. Beyond that…what?

By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:06:46 +0000

Thanks for the correction Craig. I’ll wear the badge of “idiot journalist” with pride. A polytechnic is a university in the UK, although some people insist on making a distinction between ‘old’ (polys) and ‘new’ universities, generally for reasons of snobbery.

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4-16-2007 continued « Ubiquitous Thoughts — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:33:55 +0000

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By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:23:00 +0000

BTW, its Virginia Tech, or Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NOT Virginia Tech University…..Never has been, never will be….Just another example of idiot journalists not knowing what they’re talking about!

By: Press Gazette Blogs - Fleet Street 2.0 » Virgina Tech shootings raises new issues for journalists

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:06:50 +0000

[...] at his Online Journalism Blog, Paul Bradshaw puts it well. This event highlights trends that will become increasingly common as the generation that grew up [...]