The official version of my peer reviewed paper Constructing a Framework to Enable an Open Source Reinvention of Journalism is now posted at First Monday, one of the first peered reviewed online journals. It’s where Eric Raymond first published his paradigm changing paper The Cathedral and the Bazaar. So I am feeling pretty good about [...]
I received a request from India to give a plug for a new Citizen Journalism site in India called Merinews.
It bills itself as ” India’s First Participatory Media Platform.”
In its about section it says:
The backbone of the portal is the editorial team, which ensures that only quality content is reflected on the site. While, [...]
I noticed that Ann Coulter is back in the news with columnists like David Carr and Howard Kurtz trying to figure out what goes inside her brain, body and soul. On one level one must ask, why bother, but I think who she is and who she insults was best captured by [...]
I love to find little fun stuff on the Internet and then to share it here. But alas, I might not have to look ever again. Last week at our Blog2Learn workshop one of the teachers in training found Generator Blog, with links to dozens of neat and goofy things. Here is something one [...]
The House defeated the Net Neutrality Bill, now the fight goes to the Senate. Here is how Savetheinternet.com sees it.
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.