Citizen reporting threatens the club from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Anyone who has followed the 2008 presidential campaign knows that a few key media flash points have helped shape the narrative of this race. In two of these episodes, the same citizen journalist was at center stage. But the reality of her involvement is far […]
Citizen media
Future of Civic Media images
Here are some images I took at the MIT Media Lab on Thursday and Friday at the Future of Civic Media conference.
Highlights of Future of Civic Media
Some takeaways from the Future of Civic Media conference, showcasing Knight News Challenge winners, that ended yesterday at the MIT Media Lab in Boston: • All in all, it was a fascinating gathering of some of the real thought leaders who will be driving new media forward in the coming years. The program grew stronger […]
Coming: Spot.us for public-powered journalism
Spent a few minutes at NetSquared today chatting with David Cohn, whom I first met in person a year ago at Personal Democracy Forum, but it seems like I bump into him at every conference these days (at NewsTools at Yahoo! earlier this month and then at Innovation Journalism at Stanford last week). As I […]
YouTube launches citizen news channel
YouTube has just launched a citizen news channel, pointing out efforts like The UpTake. And they’ve hired a news manager, Olivia Ma, who can be reached at [email protected]. Congrats, YouTube! Thanks to David Cohn for the pointer.