Today we’re unveiling a new project, Principles of Citizen Journalism, at the new Citizen News Network (run by the Knight Foundation) and at Dan Gillmor’s Center for Citizen Media. I had a hand in the project, which lays out the underlying foundations of what it takes to do journalism, whether by amateurs or professionals. "Principles" […]
Photos of citizen journalism talk
P.H. Yang captured some nice photos (like the one above) from last night’s Conversation Series event with Dan Gillmor and myself. Lisa Padilla posted some of Jeff Schwartz’s photos on Flickr.
Whither journalism in a citizen media world?
Just got back from a two-hour talk with Dan Gillmor about journalism and the changing mediaspshere. About 40 folks turned out at the Community Media Center in Palo Alto, CA — not just to hear us but to interact. Fully half of the session involved interaction with audience members, some of whom are well-known in […]
Ourmedia turns 2
Two years ago today Marc Canter and I launched Ourmedia.org: The global home for grassroots media. Couldn’t have done it without the support of Brewster Kahle and the crew at the Internet Archive. (Marc dropped out of the project in August 2005 to go on to other things, like People Aggregator). We were the first […]
Attending Video on the Net
Today I’ll be attending Video on the Net, the Jeff Pulver conference happening at the San Jose Convention Center. Here’s the schedule. Looking forward to meeting Chris Brogan of network2.tv and Michael Smolens of dotSUB, among others. Update: I’m at the first panel, sitting next to two of my heroes, Jeff Jarvis and Steve Garfield. […]