By Mindy McAdams
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El País of Madrid — which has one of the best newspaper Web sites in the world — has launched Yo, Periodista (I, Journalist), its own citizen journalism experiment:
Help us build ELPAIS.com. If you have witnessed any news, send it to us, and we will publish it. You can send text, photos, videos or documents [...]
Mathew Ingram (of the Toronto Globe and Mail) has posted a good summary and very well-chosen links to the peer production of news reports about the shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday.
While that phrase “peer production” usually is used to refer to a coordinated effort, such as the production of open-source software, I think it’s [...]
Proponents of so-called citizen journalism want to maintain the momentum and spread the idea:
OhmyNews plans to establish a global network of international citizen media Web sites … while developing a global resource site of citizen journalism with relevant contents in the future.
The well-known Korean Web site (which is often touted as one of the most [...]
“Citizen feedback made me realize a few things about journalism in River Falls that others may want to know,” writes Debbie Griffin, staff writer at the River Falls (Wisc.) Journal.
She goes on to list 10 of those things, and they make good food for thought. My favorite:
As a community paper, we cover local, local, local [...]
The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World “trains women in developing countries to serve as reporters and writers in their own communities.” This is where the rubber meets the road for citizen journalism — where people who have something important to say finally get a platform, a channel, in which to publish and [...]
If you’re interested in the Backfence shakeup:
Backfence reorganizes amid revenue troubles (Lost Remote, Jan. 12)
Readers Comment on Backfence Downsizing (Local Onliner, Jan. 10)
Backfence CEO Resigns Amidst Downsizing (Local Onliner, Jan. 5)
And for historical interest:
Backfence.com Launches, Latest Hyperlocal Public Media Effort (paidContent, May 3, 2005)
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How’s this for attitude? “The television station New Jersey doesn’t have.”
At The Star-Ledger, a Newhouse newspaper in Newark, New Jersey, a new video site called TV Jersey features work by staff photographers and contributions from the public. That quote is the tagline for the site.
John O’Boyle, a 20-year staff photographer at The Star-Ledger, feels totally [...]
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