Articles: SeeClickFix and Extraordinaries Win $50K We Media Contest
Region: Florida
Young entrepreneurs Ben Berkowitz of SeeClickFix and Jacob Colker of Extraordinaries won $25,000 each last week as part of the We Media conference's Pitch It! competition. The guys faced fierce competition in the contest, but ultimately won over judges by showing a game-changing but financially viable media model. Here Ben and Jacob introduce their projects, plans to spend the money, and how they might work together. more
Views: 2524How Can We Distinguish Credible Citizen Journalism?
Region: United States
This week our peers at the International Center for Journalists ask the most crucial question facing citizen media: how to separate the wheat from the chaff? Jessica Weiss writes: For the most part, citizen journalism remains unedited and unfiltered. But some Web sites are trying to change that. Citizen media site GroundReport, for instance, was founded in 2006 by a reporter hoping to find, highlight and monetize the most powerful and credible citizen media reports online. The busi... more
Views: 2679Free Tickets to Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco for Citizen Journalists!
Region: California
Want to go to this year's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, but can't afford the nearly $2,000 pricetag? If you're a budding citizen journalist, you may be in luck! GroundReport is partnering with Technorati to offer two FREE full-access packages to a couple lucky citizen journalists. Winners will be able to attend all areas of the exclusive conference, providing digital journalist coverage worthy of the event: video interviews, blog posts, tweets and photos. The Web 2.0 Expo take plac... more
Views: 2730Your Advice for Obama, on TV
Region: New York
A week ago we launched Talk To US, a groundbreaking citizen journalism segment on TV news program Worldfocus. Every month Talk To US asks the global community a different question about the news, and citizen journalists like you upload video responses across the globe. The best video responses are aired live as part of Worldfocus. The first question is "What's your advice for President Barack Obama?" Respond now by uploading your video to Gr... more
Views: 2111WNET Creates Citizen Media Partnership With 'Worldfocus' and GroundReport
Region: New York
With 'Talk To Us' Initiative, Viewers Share Video Submissions From Around The Globe NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WNET.ORG, the parent of public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21, today announced the creation of "Talk To Us," a citizen-media community around 'Worldfocus' where viewers can upload videos in response to questions and topics that are relevant to the program's international news coverage. 'Worldfocus' has partnered with GroundReport.com, a global cit... more
Views: 1860What's Your Advice for President Obama?
Region: United States
Big news: GroundReport is about to announce Talk To US, a new video project tomorrow that could land you on TVs across the US. We're asking you, the international community, to tell the US how you feel about top news stories in video. The best video responses could make onto television, as part of world news show Worldfocus. We haven't announced it yet, but I want to give you a head start. Our first question: What's YOUR advice for President Barack... more
Views: 1764How Will You Remember Obama's Inauguration?
Region: United States
How will you remember President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration? On Tuesday, January 20th, the world will watch Barack Obama's inauguration as President of the United States of America. The audience-- watching on foot, online and onscreen-- will be the largest ever. And we will all be a part of history. And of course, on Inauguration Day GroundReport wants to hear your story. GroundReport is looking for stories, photographs and videos of your in... more
Views: 1582GroundReport Starts Syndicating World News to Huffington Post
Region: United States
Happy New Year! I would like to wish all of you peace, health and happiness in 2009. 2008 was a landmark year for GroundReport thanks to your courageous coverage. As you'll see in the news that follows, our momentum is already picking up for 2009. GroundReport Wins Neo Grant In December, your support in the Neo.org grant competition paid off, and GroundReport won $4,000 towards funding your work. Deep thanks to all of you! As promised,... more
Views: 2000In Citizen Journalism, Transparency Trumps Neutrality
Region: Taiwan
As citizen journalism evolves, both content and style are changing. Instead of aspiring to-- or feigning-- objectivity the new new journalists are emphasizing transparency. These citizen journalists are changing the storytelling process, as the voice of the narrator has become an active element in the story arc. Disclosing personal affiliations and motives, citizen journalists bring you into their lives to document news and history in a truly intimate format. During GroundReport's par... more
Views: 3187GroundReport's Mumbai Coverage in the Media: Citizen Journalism Arrives
Region: United States
I founded GroundReport to give everyone a platform for sharing pivotal world news, immediately; I felt that no one could the convey the urgency of event like its actual witnesses. The devastating Mumbai attacks illustrated that GroundReport has begun to fill its mission of democratizing the media. Beginning less than an hour after the Taj Hotel siege, GroundReport published over 80 text and video reports throughout the attacks, breaking updates hours before mainstream media, and recruiting ... more
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