Elevating Citizens to Be Journalists or Journalists to Be Citizens?
It struck me as interesting yesterday when I heard a former reporter and journalism professor refer to training ordinary people…
Reinvigorating Community News? Start with Middle-Schoolers
The Innovation Incubator students have headed to Toronto for the Online News Association conference. Working with the challenge of re-invigorating…
If You Aren’t Thinking Mobile…You Don’t Get It!
I am surpised how little of the discussion at the Online News Association conference going on today is around mobile…
What is Your Definition of News?
In the spirit of Web 2.0 – getting y’all to do the work – I request you to do it…
BBC Trains Iranian Journalists through ZigZag Online Magazine
Iran has a thriving blogosphere and a large educated and Internet-savvy class of people. But because it’s a closed society,…
U.S. House Passes Federal Shield Bill, Changes Who is Covered
One of the things we are doing at the Citizen Media Law Project is keeping our eye on new legislation…
Ready? Here’s My Formula for Online News Success
I am at the Online News Association annual meeting in Toronto. Listening to some of the speakers at the J-Lab’s…
Placeblogger 2.0: Taking Local to the Next Level
Placeblogger launched on January 1, 2007. Done on a shoestring budget using open source tools, Placeblogger let people find and…
Three Ideas About Citizen Journalism and Web 2.0
“Is the Zapruder film citizen journalism?” Amy Gahran, 2005 To paraphrase Dave Winer, “You’ll make more money because of your…
What is the Knight News Challenge About?
Hello World! Seems fitting to open this new space with this traditional greeting, used by humans upon first interaction with…