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Whilst drinking my early morning coffee, I often read articles on Nowpublic and then daily news. I had a very pleasant surprise this morning when I read a comments that was voicing an opinion that I had... Why some citizen journalists need to use a pseudonym
I personally use a pseudonym when publishing articles as in the past I have had death threats and I live in a country where it cost very little to have someone murdered. In fact many Filipino... Citizen journalism or news gathering?
For many years I have been writing articles on every subject under the sun, I have never been a very good writer, but I do like writing and making people think. I have always tried to surmount my biasness and... Political take over of Citizen Journalism
In the world of politics, citizen journalism on the internet has become to look very dangerous, in its context and ability to attack political indoctrination and propaganda. The normal news media can be... The end of news gathering for web communities?
Murdock has sent a signal that could relate to big copyright problems on the internet. That signal being charging for news on the internet, of course News Corp’s is only a part of news providing services on... Global Day of Action, “United for Iran!’ Citizen Journalism?
On the 25th July 2009, an internet site called United for Iran is coordinating a Global Day of Action. The organization states that it’s non political and is condemning the lack of human rights of the... South Korea: Voice of the People, OhmyNews.com Financial Loss
Participatory Journalism, which includes citizen journalism has gained popularity across the globe, including South Korea when they launched OhmyNews.com in 2000. However in the past year it has suffered... OhMyNews to contributors: Show Me the Money
Korean-based citizen journalism site OhMyNews has asked its 100,000 contributors to pony up some hard cash, not just more stories, a blog on Forbes has just reported. The posting comes from PlanetSizedBrain,...
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Citizen News: Youtube's Citizen Journalism Push
Google is moving deeper into the news sphere with Youtube's new Citizen News. Besides aggregating links via Google news, the search giant is leveraging Youtube's existing upload tools to encourage eyewitnesses to contribute newsworthy material to Youtube itself.This isn't new... Real Citizen Journalism and trying to give clarity.
I have for many years been involved in citizen journalism on the internet, in fact since just after the birth of news community sites around about 2005/6. But since 1997 I had been writing small articles and placing them in newsgroups and forums etc. Today... HuffPost Starts 'Investigative Fund' To Hire Journalists
Funny that it is new media saving journalists rather than the mainstream, all things considered. "NEW YORK — The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists,... 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 LTTE – A Spent Force?
"The argument that the LTTE has reached its use-by date is also debatable. The numbers do not seem to add up. If all the civilians trapped in Vanni are LTTErs, if a significant number of Tamils living in the non-Vanni areas are LTTErs, if the majority of the Tamil diaspora... The whole idea of being a citizen journalist is!
The whole idea of being a citizen journalist is should not be orientated to making money. It is however to be ready to publish stories on your door step that simple get missed by the media or before they get to the... New BBC service neatly sidesteps Now Public
Finally an opportunity for all us disgruntled Now Public members, fed up with all that highlighting of news and people thinking they are contributing something....If you are someone who can generate ORIGINAL content, the the BBC (gotta love em!) are launching a new service...
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