Search Results for 'Citizen'

Occupy Journalism: The cultural shift in citizen broadcastin...

Could Generation Y end up trusting citizen journalism more than official press releases as its popularity increases? Tim Pool, a 25-year-old protester turned independent broadcaster, has been using his Samsung Galaxy S II to stream the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Grant expands citizen journalism for public media

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced a $4.1 million grant Thursday to American Public Media to expand its network of "citizen sources" that help provide local news coverage across the country. The grant will be fun [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

STVERAK: First Amendment victory for citizen journalists

In a landmark decision, a federal court ruled last week that recording public officials, including police officers, is protected by the First Amendment. This decision, which may outrage law enforcement officials and members of Congress, i [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Why citizen journalism sounds much better in theory

Citizen journalism has had a great press recently and from reading some of the breathless commentary you might be forgiven for thinking that the future news landscape will consist solely of press releases and netizen comments in 140 chara [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Rise of the Citizen Journalist

You wouldn't sit in a dentist's chair and have a root canal done by a citizen dentist. You wouldn't undergo a gall bladder operation by a citizen surgeon. But to read the newspaper of the future in print or online or both, it& [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Citizen journalism keeps Syria uprising alive

Defying a state-imposed media blackout, Syria’s citizen journalists are keeping protest coverage alive, in a country that until only a few months ago barred access to social media networks. “With the efficiency of the networks [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Citizen Journalist: the anti-corruption march

On Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom day citizen groups across India took out a march against Corruption. Several marches were held across several cities against corruption. People from all walks of life, of all age groups came out in the t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 1

Citizen journalism gone too far

I'm all for citizen journalists capturing eyewitness news. It gives us a look into events that may have otherwise gone undocumented. But I disagree with Megan O'Neill of Social Times who, writing about the anonymous YouTube video [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

From Citizen Journalist to Blogployment

The website Technorati, has produced an annual 'State of the Blogosphere ' report since 2004 following the growths and trends across the blogging community. The recently released 2009 report confirms that while "more blogger [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Citizen journalism: threat or blessing?

IT’S probably early days yet, but this debate is bound to become more intense and even ferocious with time. This is the debate on the unfolding invasion, perceived in some quarters as career threatening, of the conventional journal [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Citizen's McGregor wins journalism award

Citizen journalist Glen McGregor was honoured Saturday night at the Canadian Association of Journalists' annual awards ceremony, held this year in Montreal. McGregor took home the CAJ award in the Computer Assisted Reporting category [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Citizen journalism to shake up SA?

After landing a job as the Citizen Journalism Trainer at Grocott’s Mail, I sat down to do some research on the subject. So I Googled “citizen journalism” and “citizen journalism training”, And eventually [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

How The Citizens United Ruling Can Save Print Journalism

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United -- which, by a 5-4 ruling, will allow corporations to drown out the voices of Americans not equipped to spend millions of dollars to bend the ears of their public servants -- is [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Citizen Journalism...and BoomerBlix

Thrilling news came within the past few weeks: I'm going to be a Reader Blogger for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer! How cool is that, steadfast readers? Print newspaper fans everywhere will recall the demise of the "P-I" in early [...]