New report: Citizen media here to stay
The Institute for Interactive Journalism, J-Lab, has released a lenthy study on hyperlocal citizen media and its sustainability over time. In a news release, J-Lab...
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Collaborative novel writing at Penguin
David Kaplan at paidContent.org writes about a new site by Penguin publishing house: A Million Penguins. The site is a wiki where users can contribute...
A Jungian persona definition of "old media"
The other day I wrote about Howard Owens‘ attempts to come up with a term that defines the “new” in journalism. He arrived at “personal...
Personal journalism, the future of online reporting
Howard Owens, Director of Digital Publishing at Gatehouse Media, came up with a new term about a week ago – personal journalism. I’ve been meaning...
"20 million editors" became 400
Netzeitung, an online newspaper in Germany, started its citizen journalsim project “The Readers Edition” in June 2006. When announcing the project, they called out for...
Revenue sharing at YouTube in a few months time
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley announced Saturday at the World Economic Forum that they will start sharing revenues for original work. We are getting an audience...
Stockholm Film Festival goes MySpace
As a way of reaching new groups and awakening their interest, Stockholm International Film Festival has created a MySpace account. On their MySpace page they...
Hyperlocal sites from UK's largest newspaper publisher
The Teesside Gazette has launched five hyper-local sites, under the name Your Gazette, based on postal codes in the Middlesborough area in the UK. Interestingly...
Läsarbladet's Scandinavian cousins – a comparison
Verdens Gang in Norway and EkstraBladet in Denmark also have one-point entries into their participatory journalism. Lesernes VG and Laeserbladet are the equivalents of Aftonbladet‘s...
Brand-focused contests: not journalism, but still a form of citizen media
Social media and marketing are merging more and more. The latest example is soon-to-launch Shycast, a brand-focused site featuring sponsored contests where people are asked...
And the winner is…
Bubblare.se: The Guldbubbla of the year – best video uploaded to video clip site bubblare.se (see my previous post) – goes to John Martinsson and...
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