Online Journalism Scandinavia: “Computer programming is journalism”
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Online Journalism Scandinavia, Data journalism, Geotagging, Europe, Online Journalism, Citizen journalism, multimedia experiments, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at innovate use of Google mash-ups and online databases by the Norwegian press.
“Computer programming is also journalism,” Espen Andersen, the man charged with bringing the current affairs flagship of Norway’s public broadcaster (NRK) kicking and screaming into the internet age, told Journalism.co.uk.
He should know. Andersen is one of Scandinavia […]
Comment Is Free: Jarvis vs Tomasky: what rules for citizen journalists?
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under comments, Editors' pick, Citizen journalism, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Media commentator Jeff Jarvis and Guardian America editor Michael Tomasky debate whether citizen journalists have the same responsibilities as a journalist when reporting news.
Jarvis: ‘openness for all’
“With more openness and more reporting - by all - we will end up with more stories, the public will get more information, and politicians will learn that anything and everything they say and do can (and should) be reported,” writes Jarvis.
Tomasky: Cit-j accounts need verification
“And very few journalists I know would favour ‘[hiding] anything from the public.’ They would, however, favour not publishing something until it’s verified. That’s scarcely complicity in secret-keeping. That’s just being responsible.”
Read More..>> Full story...Digital Journal launches revenue sharing for its citizen journalists
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under Citizen journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Digital Journal has relaunched its citizen journalism site, which now includes a revenue sharing initiative for citizen journalists.
Regular contributors to the site can now qualify for a share of the ‘moneypot’ made up from advertising revenue and the site has reportedly already paid out $38,000 to citizen journalists.
The initiative applies to news stories, rather than […]
Social Media Journalist: “Our future isn’t traditional online but in mobile media platforms,” Steve Smith, Spokesman-Review
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under google, Social Media Journalist, Myspace, Wikipedia, Newspapers, RSS, Online Journalism, Citizen journalism, blogs, Facebook, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Steve Smith from The Spokesman-Review, USA.
1. Who are you and what do you do?
I am the editor of The Spokesman-Review, a 90,000 circulation daily serving several counties in […]
Online Journalism China: There’s an expanding array of tools to supply uncensored news - but how many are prepared to listen?
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Censorship, Online Journalism China, Skype, China, blogs, Politics, Citizen journalism, online communities, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
To add to our burgeoning hoard of international bloggers, Journalism.co.uk has recruited China Daily’s Dave Green to write about online journalism in China.
I recently fell into conversation with a Beijing taxi driver regarding his opinion on the situation in Tibet. His view was that he really had no idea who to believe, as he felt […]
News.com: Citizen news site Helium draws heat from community over planned changes to payment
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under online communities, Editors' pick, Advertising, Citizen journalism, Online Journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Citizen journalism site Helium.com has drawn criticism from members of its own community by suggesting changes to the way they attribute payments to their users.
Site developers want to change the payment system to reward the most active participants.
‘Helium pays a portion of its advertising revenue to people who write the most widely read stories on the site-popularity that is based on user reviews from members,’ wrote News.com:
‘But the company suggested that its new system would pay only those people who maintain a “single-star” rating on the site, which means that they wouldn’t just write, but they also would need to review as many as 40 stories within 90 days, according to the company’s original post. Anyone who fell below a single-star rating would not be paid for their stories.’
Read More..>> Full story...Photoshopped marathon pictures fool Sky News website
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under funny, Sky, Citizen journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism student Todd Nash’s new blog Journalism Today has flagged up some pictures from Sunday’s London Marathon sent to Sky News’ Your Photos section.
Only not every picture here tells the true story, rather the pics have been photoshopped and submitted by forum members of website Football365.com.
Some of the pictures are still available, including this appearance […]
BBC: Bill Thompson on journalism in the ‘network age’
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Citizen journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
While the majority of online news continues to be produced or edited by professionals, online journalism teacher Bill Thompson says journalists should not ignore the benefits of closer collaboration with citizens - in particular when reporting outside the western world.
“The idea of the “foreign correspondent”, sent off to a strange land to report on the activities of the “natives” for the benefit of those who require their strange customs to be interpreted and sanitised is a relic of a pre-network age.”
Read More..>> Full story...OJR: Interview with chief news officer of hyperlocal news site OurTown
Posted on April 10, 2008 - Filed Under Local, Editors' pick, online communities, Citizen journalism, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
George Blake, chief news officer of hyperlocal news service OurTown, says editors of the sites can earn up to $60,000 (£30,306) .
Content on the network of 70,000 websites is provided by the local editors and through content deals.
As such revenue from local advertising on a site is shared with its editor.
“We will continue to sell the national ads, which we will split with the local editor, but the local editor retains all revenue generated by local ads after paying a monthly fee to the company for ad serving,” Blake explains.
But will this model be enough to lure and retain local editors and help OurTown emulate the success of competitors like Topix?
Local editors, who oversee the content of their sites, keep almost all of their local ad revenue
a good local editor can make between $45,000 and $60,000 each year once they have built up a regular clientele in their area
Read More..>> Full story...Innovations in Journalism - Instant Journalist
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under Innovations in Journalism, Local, Geotagging, USA, Citizen journalism, online communities, Journalism | Leave a Comment
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today it’s flat-packed news websites ready for easy assembly and use from Instant Journalist.
1. Who are you and what’s it all about?
I’m Scott Durham, president of Instivate. We’re a […]
