Five years ago we launched Ourmedia.org as the first free hosting and sharing site for video and digital media (yes, before YouTube). Secretly, I wished that more of the videos, photos and text dispatches coming through the door were high-quality citizen journalism reports.It took a few years, but citizen journalism has grown up. Exhibit A: GroundReport, a citizen journalism site with an international perspective.
PicApp: Free quality images for your blog
PicApp: Quality images for your blog from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Have you noticed that blogging has been getting more professional lately? Part of it is the wealth of classy-looking templates and widgets available for users of WordPress, TypePad and other blog platforms. But it’s also due to plug-ins like Zemanta (which I now […]
PeopleBrowsr: Find and act on Twitter conversations
PeopleBrowsr: Follow conversations about you or a topic from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Service offers free monitoring, paid campaigns & analytics An increasing number of businesses and nonprofits understand that there are valuable conversations taking place about their brands and organizations that they need to tap into — it’s hard to hold a conversation […]
Glenn Beck goes after you
I‘m still a big fan of cleverly done mashups. The latest to come across my desk is one from MoveOn.org. Fox host Glenn Beck has gone to absurd lengths to attack President Obama, progressive leaders—even the idea of progressivism itself. But now he’s taken it one step further: Beck has gone after YOU. (Or at […]
Come to NewComm Forum! Here’s your discount
In 18 days I’ll be at NewComm Forum in San Mateo, Calif., to give a talk on the paths to tomorrow’s journalism. I’m also looking forward to participating in workshops, interactive sessions and discussions around social marketing and social media. NewComm Forum, sponsored by the Society for New Communications Research (I’m a senior fellow), is […]