Citizen Journalism
Iranian video wins journalism prize
A citizen video that captured the death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan during the 2009 Iranian election protests has won a prestigious George Polk Award for Journalism.
It is the first winner in a new category for videography created by Long Island University, which bestows 13 George Polk Awards annually.
Shot by anonymous citizens and posted on the [...]
“New” Media Critical in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake
Article from the Columbia Journalism Review.
New” media platforms were critical to delivering early information about damage and relief efforts in the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake that rocked the western side of Haiti shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
“As phone lines went down and darkness fell over Haiti, the full impact of today’s massive earthquake [...]
Ethics in Non-Profit Journalism
This article How to avoid ethical snags in non-profit journalism appears on MediaShift and The Canadian Journalism Project and it was written by Stephen J.A. Ward.
Ward states that over the “past few years, dozens of centers of investigative journalism and non-profit web sites have been started using money from foundations, individual donors and membership fees.” [...]
MaYoMo – Map Your Moments
MaYoMo ( Map Your Moments ) is a video-centric social news network for mobile citizen journalism. They accept contributions from citizen journalists, bloggers, journalism students, experienced independent journalists and NGO’s from all over the world.
This is like a global news village. If I hear about something happening in France I can log on to [...]
When citizens are journalists
“I would trust citizen journalists as much as I would a citizen surgeon.”
- 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer
It’s not quite so simple. Citizen journalism, as it pertains to newsgathering, has evolved to be more about collaboration between citizens and journalists than citizens replacing journalists, http://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/725107–english-when-citizens-are-journalists Toronto Star columnist Kathy English.
This collaboration is “the best of [...]
‘Citizen Journalism’ fails again
Tech Crunch’s Paul Carr dissects the latest round of citizen journalism- the reports out of Ft. Hood following the shootings.
The first news reports out of the base didn’t come from the news media – but rather from the Twitter account of one Tearah Moore, a soldier from Linden, Michigan who is based at Fort [...]
The pitfalls of citizens’ journalism
I thought this sums up citizen journalism fairly well. I know a few pros don’t like it and am reminded Morley Safer’s comment “I’d trust citizen journalism as much as I’d trust a citizen surgeon.” For me it depends on the surgeon.
The article the pitfalls of citizens’ journalism was written by Hajrah Mumtaz and [...]
iPhone Apps for ‘iReporters’ & AP Stylists
Not a fan myself but CNN has added an app for iReporters. The CNNMobile will allow users to “get live streaming video of breaking news, the most important headlines of the day with location-based news, weather and traffic from the palm of your hands.” This will also allow 50 millions iPhone users to “iReport” directly [...]
Is social media a fad?
Not on your life! This video was produced by Socialnomic. That’s a blog that covers the latest trends in social media with a primarily focuses on the latest social media news and what it means for users and businesses.
A catchy video for sure.
videojournalist.ca
Welcome to the new version of videojournalist. I had a few problems with the old site so configured a new one and picked up new theme as well. I will be adding the gallery as soon as I can and am excited about some new resources for journalists that are coming. Please bear with me [...]
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