Citizen Journalism
The Wire – WCCO TV's Innovative Collaborative Journalism Project
The Wire is an online application that will harness WCCO TV viewers’ (and non-viewers) conversations around the news while encouraging collaborative journalism.
Read MoreSocial Networking Phenomenon
On September 29, 2009, David Erickson participated in a town hall forum on social media that was broadcast on regional PBS affiliate KSMQ.
Read MoreLive HD Video Streaming Technology
Livestream’s new Livepack bundle has the feel of the first commercial cell phones, bulky, blocky, unwieldly. Still, you can see where it’s going and it continues the trend toward democratizing media and journalism. The technology pack enables wireless HD-quality streaming.
Read More35W Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Anniversary – Citizen Journalism In Action
Today is the two-year anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse and, accompanying the tragedy, was a seminal moment in Minnesota’s burgeoning citizen journalism community.
Read MoreRevenge Of The Customer: United Airlines Breaks Guitars
When musician Dave Carroll posted the United Breaks Guitars video to YouTube, United Airlines was left flat-footed in their crisis communications response.
Read MoreThe One Big Thing: The Revolution Will Be Crowdsourced
The One Big Thing you need to know is the role citizen media and the social Web played in reporting the popular revolt over the Iranian election results.
Read MoreThe Real-Time Web Inches Closer To Reality: Facebook's Live Stream Box
With the release of the Live Stream Box, it appears Facebook wants to be the new TV.
Read MoreCitizen Journalism In Iran: YouTube Videos Of Election Protests & Police Clashes
This is a playlist of some of the citizen journalism videos uploaded to YouTube shot on the ground in Iran of the protests and clashes with the state police.
Read MoreJeff Jarvis Discusses Brands' Use Of The Social Web
Jeff Jarvis, blogger and author of What Would Google Do?, discusses brands’ use of the social Web at the Columbia Business School.
Read MoreThe Current Creative & Knowledge Renaissance
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
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