On comments to articles and community building
Tucson-based Arizona Daiy Star’s site azstarnet.com has decided to remove the possibility to comment on many of their articles. Debbie Kornmiller, Readers Advocate, writes: This...
Tagged: Established media
BBC starts citizen journalism project in Brighton
In collaboration with the University of Brighton, Nokia and Ymogen, BBC Innovation is launching a month-long citizen journalism project in Brighton. It’s a multimedia project,...
Swedish YouTube clone goes tv show
Video clips from FejmTv, citizen video site by Swedish tv channel TV4, will end up in a tv show with the same name as the...
Citizen media voices: It's US, not YOU
Following Time’s declaring of YOU as the Person of the Year, several voices in the citizen media world has been raised saying no, it’s not...
Time magazine: YOU are the person of the year
TIME magazine has a tradition of naming someone who has done something great the Person of the Year. This year, TIME magazine has declared that...
Possible new industry standard provides ability to track changes in photographs
Tom Glocer, Chief Executive officer of Reuters, disclosed in a speech at the Globes Media Conference in Tel Aviv on Monday 11 December 2006: I...
2006 named the year of the social network
It’s getting near the end of the year, and December is always a good time to look back and reflect on the goings on of...
A small step for some, a giant leap for an old giant
The old and renowned New York Times hasn’t been known for being in the forefront when it comes to embrasing citizen/social media. Therefore the new...
Citizen media or citizen nonsense?
I decided to try out Twitter, a bit inspired by Jonas who talked about how fun it was to get people’s updates on what they...
Web 2.0 for publishers
Ifra, the international publishers association, has published a handy beginners guide to web 2.0 for publishers, available for easy online reading or printable. Though I...
Eye witness accounts – a natural choice for newsdesks to embrace citizen media
Yahoo and Reuters are asking for photos and videoclips from eyewitnesses in a new joint project called You Witness. Reuters write: “There is already a...
Magazines in Sweden far behind
Recently the Bivings group, a republican-supported PR firm with a somewhat bad reputation for applying unorthodox marketing methods, conducted an investigation into the state of...
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