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.
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17 visionaries predict impact of social on the enterprise
The adoption of Web 2.0 and social networking accelerated significantly over the past year, and it shows no sign of stopping. Here are perspectives of highly experienced execs who share their thoughts on how Web 2.0 is changing their businesses and mindsets.
2010 predictions & recommendations for Web 2.0 and social networks
The 21st century is proving to be volatile and disruptive in every way, and 2010 will continue the trend. Three disruptive forces are converging: the Industrial Economy, globalization, and the emerging Knowledge Economy.
YouTube’s role in citizen journalism
Olivia Ma on YouTube as a news channel from JD Lasica on Vimeo. During the recent annual conference of the Online News Association in San Francisco, I had a chance to sit down (literally on the floor) with Olivia Ma, news manager in YouTube’s News & Politics team. YouTube is in the news again this […]
YouTube’s new Reporters’ Center
Regular readers know that Socialmedia.biz covers not just social media but also citizen media — and it’s all melding together anyway into one giant conversational media ecosystem, right? So I was gladdened to hear that Google and YouTube have taken another tentative step forward into the realm of citizen journalism with Monday’s launch of the […]