YouTube Video Awards announced… or are they?
A recent news story from the Associated Press, rewritten by Swedish news agency Pressens Mediaservice and published in Dagens Nyheter, has got me quite confused....
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Swedish citizen journalism/activism wiki launched
Today Oscar Swartz launched his Swedish citizen journalism wiki, for which he’s received funding from II-Stiftelsen. The name of the site is Digital Idag (“digital...
Al Gore brings Current TV to the UK and Ireland
Current TV, the interactive tv network founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2005, has now launched its UK version. With air time on...
MTV Movie Awards adds new category for user-generated content
Mark Burnett Productions, Yahoo and MTV today announced a new category at the MTV Movie Awards for user-generated content, “Best Movie Spoof”. The clips are...
Citizen journalists banned from video reporting of violence in France
In France, neither filming nor broadcasting violent content is allowed for anyone else than professional journalists. This is the result of a law that’s recently...
Trig.com open to the public
Trig.com today opened up for anyone to join. The Sweden-based music community site has got quite a bit of attention since they opened up for...
Swedish youth community closes at night
Swedish youth community Habbo.se announced today that their community site for teenagers will be closed at night, between 1am and 7am. In a press release,...
Brazil's no. 1 online newspaper – and its bloggers | Guest post by Birgitta Wilén
Birgitta Wilén visits Folha Online in São Paulo, finds out about how they work with blogs, and ends up eating and talking about great food....
Community building at Borders – online book clubs
Urban Lindstedt writes about Borders book club, and community building at the book store chain. They collaborate with gather.com, a topics based community service where...
Colleague wanted!
Yep, we are hiring. If you’re passionate about citizen media and citizen journalism, this might be the job for you. If you’re a Swede, that...
One more tv channel launches video clip site
Everybody just has to have them, it seems. Social media in the shape of video clips from our fun everyday moments are hot. The next...
Investigative journalism from a Swedish blogger
Swedish blogger Pawal at Datasvammel made the headlines of several of the major news media in Sweden Wednesday, when he revealed that Swedish State television...
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