I’ve been swamped over the past two weeks readying for a last-minute trip to Israel. I’m honored to be past of a blogger/citizen journalist delegation heading to the Holy Land. The trip was arranged and paid for by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, which covers California and the greater West, though […]
Citizen media
Creative Commons raises $13 million, launches 2 new licenses
I’ve been scouring the blogosphere and news sources for other writeups about this, but so far haven’t spotted a single posting. And there’s not a word about this on the Creative Commons site. So I’ll relate what I jotted down last night at Creative Commons’ fifth birthday party at Terra Gallery in San […]
Citizen journalism: on its way out?
I don’t agree with the premise at all — citizens’ media has never been more robust or reliable — but here is a new meme beginning to make the rounds. Shaping the Future of the Newspaper blog: Citizen journalism on its way out? Citizen journalism is being hindered and may even be dying at the […]
Making money with citizen media sites
I spent five minutes at the recent Online News Association conference in Toronto chatting with Courtney Lowery, a friend who’s the editor in chief of NewWest.net, one of the premier citizen media sites in the land. The day before, she gave a presentation about how to bring in different revenue streams to your pro-am citizen […]
Citizen media milestones
From ebiquity, a citizen media/citizen journalism timeiine: 2007, September: Google News recently announced partnerships with Reuters and AP to host stories directly on Google. 2007, September: English version of Wikinews reaches 10,000 articles according to Wikipedia. 2007, August: Google News to include comments from people in news. 2007, August: NY Times Select Content to be […]