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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aug 21, 2006, 09:22
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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. ---- >
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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.
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Feb 22, 2006, 15:08
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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 ---- >
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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.
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Jan 24, 2006, 22:29
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| A-AUDIO/VIDEO resources |
| AUDIO/VIDEO: Multimedia learning resources from The Media Giraffe Project |
| Purchase DVDs from MGP and JTM events |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| A-Citizen journalism |
| LIST: New resources chart growing number of local online journalism efforts |
| McGill offers seven points of advice about citizen journalism |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| A-Ideas-Trends-Innovation |
| AUDIO: Crowdsourcing in Orange County: the the audience steps in |
| MIT gathering considers: Can participatory media seed participatory democracy? |
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| A-Journalism Futures |
| Four views on journalism's future -- from outside the United States |
| Duke hosts "next newsroom" gathering for 60 |
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| 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? |
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| 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 |
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| A-Multimedia & Video Innovation |
| Atom Films seeding video downloading market by offering to pay for short film production |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Cable Local Access (PEG) |
| The People v. Television: How Comcast is using cable to strangle democracy |
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| Community wireless |
| RESOURCES: Washington attorney (Jim Baller) provides comprehensive email, links on community wireless issues |
| Wi-Fi should be free |
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| 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 |
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| Entertainment Industry |
| Studios scramble to prevent Net piracy |
| Copy, right? |
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| Internet-Advertising |
| The chaos scenario |
| About face |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Music-Future |
| KMPG study says piracy can be turned to labels' advantage |
| Artists, labels finally start teaching about "stealing" |
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| Online News Services |
| Times to Offer Readers a View of Stories by Competing Papers |
| 'New News' retrospective: Is online news reaching its potential? |
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| 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 |
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| Research / Demographics |
| Trade group says newspaper circulation is rising worldwide |
| Univ. of Wisconsin study find election coverage almost non-existent in Midwest TV markets |
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| Resources |
| Briggs' downloadable book is survival guide to multimedia journalism |
| Website lists links to Allied Media Conference attendees -- mostly progressive, grassroots organizations |
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| 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 |
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