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Archive for June, 2005

In Media Future: Darwinian Process of Democracy

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

David Dunkley Gyimah, senior lecturer in digital journalism at the University of Westminster and a director at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, tells UK’s Online Journalism News:
There are now two schools of journalism. In one, the journalist must be accredited and trained. In the new school, we have bloggers, mobloggers and latter-day gonzo. You can [...]

Podcasting in the News

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

Two stories about podcasting. One in Westword about a Denver Post experiment and the other on NPR about newspapers turning to podcasting.
Thanks to Romenesko for the pointer.

Understanding Citizen Journalism’s 11 Layers

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

Steve Outing at the Poynter Institute provides skeptical editors 11 ways to better understand and use citizen journalism. This excellent primer is filled with useful examples that news organizations are using nationally.

North Carolina Paper Uses Citizen Columnists

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

This from the Ashville (N.C.) Citizen-Times:
“Citizen journalism” (aka. “participatory journalism”) is one of the new industry buzzwords, defined as the act of citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information.” The AC-T is about halfway through our year with this round of citizen journalists (we call [...]

Los Angeles Times Tries Wikitorials

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

I have been on a bike riding vacation the last couple of weeks in the Czech Republic, and Donica Mensing has been my guest blogger. In a week or so I head to Quito, Ecuador to do a workshop on public journalism.
In catching up, here is something I noticed about the LA Times editorial [...]

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