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A-Citizen journalism

Local and community websites
LIST: New resources chart growing number of local online journalism efforts
Two new resources have come on line in January 2007 to track the growth of local online citizen journalism. Click the headline above for more information . . .
Nov 3, 2007, 21:16

A-Citizen journalism
McGill offers seven points of advice about citizen journalism
An early expert at training citizen journalists has authored "What I've Learned Teaching Citizen Journalists," an essay listing seven lessons learned. Doug McGill is a former New York Times reporter, foreign correspondent, university lecturer and Internet innovator. He also briefly headed the World Press Institute.
Nov 3, 2007, 11:25

Local and community websites
Seattle-based TV-station operator acquires hyperlocal pioneer Pegasus News of Dallas
Seattle-based Fisher Communications, a TV operator, acquired hyperlocal news internet pioneer Pegasus News, started by Michael Orren in Dallas. (PROFILE) Visit Website ]
Jul 17, 2007, 10:58

Local and community websites
Placeblogger.com -- 600 U.S. blogs focused on news and happens in geographical places indentified by Williams
Lisa Williams, proprietress of H2oTown.info, the website for Watertown, Mass., launched on Jan. 1, 2007 a project called Placeblogger.com, which has found and is categorizing at least 740 U.S. blogs which write news, comentary or features about a U.S. local community. She talked about it Oct. 5 at J-Lab's Citizens Media Summit II, meeting in Washington, D.C. DOWNLOAD MP3 INTERVIEW (13 mins./5.7MB) ADDITIONAL STORY.
Visit Website ]
Jan 3, 2007, 20:27

Local and community websites
RESOURCES: A PDF-downloadable guide to creating a citizen-journalism site offered by "Hartsville Today" founders
K. Paul Mallasch at the MuncieFreePress.com has taken note of a tremendous resource for budding citizen journalists. The staff of the Hartsville [S.C.]Today CitiJ website in Hartsville, S.C., have authored -- in PDF format -- a guide to setting up a citizen journalism site. (PDF DOWNLOAD) Mallasch also references a 2005 participatory-media study by Hypergene's Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis. Visit Website ]
Sep 4, 2006, 09:35

A-Citizen journalism
What is "citizen journalism" -- documentary probes for answer
What is "citizen journalism"? A 12-minute web video, produced by volunteers at Cambridge Community Television, offers some possible answers through some interviews with practitioners and observers -- including several participants in MGP2006. Visit Website ]
Aug 21, 2006, 09:22

A-Citizen journalism
Vermont weekly provides thorough overview of "citizen journalism" debate, quoting Gillmor, iBrattleboro
Cathy Resmer, writing in Seven Days, the Vermont alternative weekly, has penned a good overview of the pros and cons of so-called "citizen journalism" -- including comments from Dan Gillmor and the iBrattleboro founders, Chris Grotke and Lise LePage. The piece includes a set of dos and don'ts from Grotke and LePage. ---- > Visit Website ]
Apr 14, 2006, 17:10

A-Citizen journalism
OhMyNews announces $11M investment from SoftBank to "take citizen journalism global"
OhMyNews, (PROFILE) the Korean citizen-journalism pioneer, has announced today an $11-million investment by Softbank, a Japanese and U.S. venture capital firm, to expand U.S. and global operations. Besides the website release, read media blogger Jarvis' take. Visit Website ]
Feb 22, 2006, 15:08

A-Citizen journalism
British journalists' group adopts conduct code for "citizen journalism"
The National Union of Journalists in Great Britain has adopted a "Witness Contributors' Code of Practice" on matters like accuracy and checking sources, payments to contributors, copyright and other legal and moral rights. A Microsoft Word version of the code is downloadable from HERE ---- > Visit Website ]
Jan 27, 2006, 00:02

A-Citizen journalism
Gillmor, Clift offer lessons on the challenge of online citizen journalism efforts
Dan Gillmor, who is probably the closest thing to the originator of the phrase "citizen journalism" -- is doing some teaching about the future of participatory journalism -- but not exactly in the way he would have liked. On Jan. 24, Gillmor posted to his Bayosphere blog about the failure of his site to succeed -- at least in a traditional business sense. This has prompted a set of thoughtful reactions, including a post from another expert at citizen-media involvement -- Steven Clift (GIRAFFE PROFILE) at Democracies Online in Minneapolis. For anyone considering developing a local news community, these two folks are the pioneers – and the have the wounds and wisdom to prove it.
Visit Website ]
Jan 24, 2006, 22:29


Latest Headlines
A-About MGP
TEAM: Who is the Media Giraffe Project?
ABOUT US: Website, book, film spotlight "above the crowd" individuals fostering democracy, community in media
A-CONFERENCE
MGP teams with Yahoo for April 30-May 3 convening of journalists and technologists
CONFERENCE: What will happen when only journalism is left? Aug. 7-8, Washington, D.C.
A-AUDIO/VIDEO resources
AUDIO/VIDEO: Multimedia learning resources from The Media Giraffe Project
Purchase DVDs from MGP and JTM events
A-Blogs
MGP2006 alum offered blogger seat in Libby trial courtroom -- seeks advice; AP is carrying coverage
NYU students and Jay Rosen judge "best blogs" among U.S. newspapers over 100,000 circulation
A-Business Models
Institution vs. infrastructure: The question of ProPublica and reaching to the local level, too
Knight Foundation unveils $5-million effort to seed innovation in web-based local news; may invest in for-profit ventures
A-Citizen journalism
LIST: New resources chart growing number of local online journalism efforts
McGill offers seven points of advice about citizen journalism
A-Democracy Futures
Dump old consultants, embrace "netroots," say Armstrong/Zuniga in "Crashing the Gate" book
POLICY: Annenberg study finds public's use of Internet for politics surges
A-Education & Training
AUDIO: Media literacy hits the real world -- lessons from Boston English
Despite federal law, most students unaware today is "Constitution Day"; resources
A-Ethics and Standards
ETHICS: Cleveland editor draws line at blogger contributing to congressman's opponent
Independent news website NewsDesk posts statement of journalistic principals from editor/owner Josh Wilson
A-First Amendment / Free Speech / Press
Temple's Renee Hobbs developing handbook on copyright fair use
Conyers, Hall ask Bush administration to withdraw Balco subpoenas of Chronicle reporters
A-Giraffes at Work?
VillageSoup.com acquires competing weekly newspapers in vindication of online model (with AUDIO)
Daily Kos founder critical of media in appearance at law-school alma mater
A-Ideas-Trends-Innovation
AUDIO: Crowdsourcing in Orange County: the the audience steps in
MIT gathering considers: Can participatory media seed participatory democracy?
A-Journalism Futures
Four views on journalism's future -- from outside the United States
Duke hosts "next newsroom" gathering for 60
A-KEY ESSAYS
Oreskes urges journalists not to commit professional suicide out of fear of dying
ESSAY: "Fortune" editor nails dilemma for media: Will the public pay for what's good for it?
A-KEY QUOTATIONS
Clark: Time for new "stewardship" in newspaper executive ranks?
QUOTE: James Carroll on a free press and the communal self-awareness that makes democracy work
A-Multimedia & Video Innovation
Atom Films seeding video downloading market by offering to pay for short film production
A-Ownership, governance & management
A new idea for newspaper ownership -- tap the reader co-op
FCC's alleged quashing of 2004 draft study which boosted local-TV ownership criticized by Sen. Boxer and media activists
A-Podcasting & Audio
Some 80% of students have device capable of playing downloaded audio files
AUDIO: Four editors discuss future of newspapers; danger of controlling pipes and content
A-VERBATIM-Interview Q&As
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman on self-censorship, raising questions, and who is really 'advocacy journalism'?
Founders of a Vermont community/news website explain how it works and why they set it up
Broadcasting/ Low Power FM
Regional radio content-sharing network under development for Pacific Northwest, Lawson says
Legal wrangling continues over whether Radio Free Brattleboro (Vt.) will return to the air
Cable Local Access (PEG)
The People v. Television: How Comcast is using cable to strangle democracy
Community wireless
RESOURCES: Washington attorney (Jim Baller) provides comprehensive email, links on community wireless issues
Wi-Fi should be free
Conferences / Events
Networked Journalism Summit underway in NYC -- about 200 attendees
CONFERENCE: "The New(s) England Revolution" on April 7 at UMass Lowell kicks off launch of N.E. News Forum
Entertainment Industry
Studios scramble to prevent Net piracy
Copy, right?
Internet-Advertising
The chaos scenario
About face
Internet-Privacy-Online
Google resists government subpoena for search data, but Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft comply
EU to survey citizens on data privacy with website form
Internet-Technology
Labels appear faint-hearted on CD copy-protection in U.S. market
Both webcasters and label look to court to settle royalty fees
Music-Future
KMPG study says piracy can be turned to labels' advantage
Artists, labels finally start teaching about "stealing"
Online News Services
Times to Offer Readers a View of Stories by Competing Papers
'New News' retrospective: Is online news reaching its potential?
Regulation: FCC and the courts
Even Al Gore can't get programs on cable giant's network, claims the Center for Creative Voices
Imminent replacements at FCC could impact television content, "pro-family" leaders say
Research / Demographics
Trade group says newspaper circulation is rising worldwide
Univ. of Wisconsin study find election coverage almost non-existent in Midwest TV markets
Resources
Briggs' downloadable book is survival guide to multimedia journalism
Website lists links to Allied Media Conference attendees -- mostly progressive, grassroots organizations
Trackbacks/MGP in the news
AP reporter cites MGP's Densmore in story about local online news sites in New Haven, San Diego
Nigel Beale links to MGP interview with Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive project