While they last, the sites seem to enjoy smashing some sacred journalism traditions, quaint rituals like editing, striving for objectivity, and verifying rumors before publication.
Cody Brown, a 21-year-old film major who founded NYU Local about two years ago, follows the new-media creed that "transparency is the new objectivity." His take on hearsay: It's "way more responsible to publish those rumors," as long as you label them as such. Then you can check reader comments to "see what kicks up."
...journalism is about more than dissemination of news; it’s about the creation of shared awareness...We can expect changes in journalism to be linked to changes in subsidy. There are many shifts coming, but three big ones are an increase in direct participation; an increase in the leverage of the professionals working alongside the amateurs; and a second great age of patronage.
An article summarizing the current landscape of citizen-produced media.
Hologram reporters cover the election results on CNN!
Proposal to make primary source documents used by journalists available online for the public to search. Interesting points in the comments about copyright issues and the difference between primary and mediated information.
The Christian Science Monitor--winner of 7 Pulitzer Prizes--announced it is cutting the print version of its weekly paper and will appear online only. Who else will follow?
This short piece highlights how social networking is influencing the
ways in which media outlets are distributing and deploying their
information. Reading this article, I started to think about the ways in
which Christensen (sp?) describes how businesses can target specific
demographics of nonconsumption.
a three-dimensional role-playing game to teach students about the intricacies of being a journalist: coming up with a story angle, identifying sources, preparing questions, synthesizing information, and writing an article.
"Youth Radio's mission is to promote young people's intellectual, creative and professional growth through training and access to media and to produce the highest quality original media for local and national outlets"
"Josh Wolf, a 24-year-old blogger, has spent more than six months behind bars in California -- the longest contempt-of-court term ever served by someone in the media"
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While they last, the sites seem to enjoy smashing some sacred journalism traditions, quaint rituals like editing, striving for objectivity, and verifying rumors before publication. Cody Brown, a 21-year-old film major who founded NYU Local about two years ago, follows the new-media creed that "transparency is the new objectivity." His take on hearsay: It's "way more responsible to publish those rumors," as long as you label them as such. Then you can check reader comments to "see what kicks up."
An article summarizing the current landscape of citizen-produced media.
Hologram reporters cover the election results on CNN!
Proposal to make primary source documents used by journalists available online for the public to search. Interesting points in the comments about copyright issues and the difference between primary and mediated information.
This short piece highlights how social networking is influencing the ways in which media outlets are distributing and deploying their information. Reading this article, I started to think about the ways in which Christensen (sp?) describes how businesses can target specific demographics of nonconsumption.
"Youth Radio's mission is to promote young people's intellectual, creative and professional growth through training and access to media and to produce the highest quality original media for local and national outlets"
"Josh Wolf, a 24-year-old blogger, has spent more than six months behind bars in California -- the longest contempt-of-court term ever served by someone in the media"
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