Declaring War: Citizen Journalists thrown under the bus

Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to DryDeclaring War on Unpaid Journalists "This is about ensuring that there is a wall between real journalists and the perceived unwashed masses of ignorant, unqualified bloggers who are mucking up the system. This is a...

Glenn Beck advertising boycott has right-wing bloggers worried

"You know, I must admit, when I first signed on to the Beck boycott I was participating on principal, but expected little or no impact.  Let's face it, we've done these before with little or no success.  But thanks to a combination of blatant race baiting and a...

Barely made sense!?

"With the conventional newsprint newspapers not making a dime and going tits-up all over the place, Palin “barely made sense” could be why. Bloggers, generally are more ’say it from the hip’ sort of people – newspapers employ journos who really go for the groin or...

Citizen Journalism Website Triumphs at MediaGuardian Awards 2009

The 2009 Media Guardian Innovation Awards have awarded Demotix (www.demotix.com) a citizen-journalist newswire and photo agency the prize for best Independent Media at the ceremony which took place last night (the 24th). The MEGAs (as they are sometimes called), were...

Rumor Mongering, The Mob and Web 2.0’s Ugly Side

Recently there have been big uproars regarding the growing lack of responsiblity of some blogs and the mob attacks that are set to follow their posts.  For some peculiar reason some bloggers seem to believe they can post whatever they want to, running around like cowboys...

Pakistani bloggers join hands to help rebuild bombed schools

A group of Pakistani bloggers living abroad have joined hands to collect funds on the internet to help rebuild the schools  bombed by the Taliban in the picturesque Swat valley. "The organisation, which has set a target of USD 2000, has so far collected USD 655 through...