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The Hyperlocal News Market: Funding and Production Models
Region: United States
New media guru Jeff Jarvis calls it the"Holy Grail." Michael Gluckstadt wrote a Fast Company feature questioning its '$100 Billion Potential.' So what does 'hyperlocal' news look like today in the United States? As newspa... more
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GroundReport Recognized for Raising Citizen Journalism Standards
Region: New York
What's next for citizen journalism platform GroundReport? Raising the bar. I spoke last week with David Cohn about GroundReport's new editorial process and standards-- the highest in the industry-- and how they've led to ... more
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Obama Kills Citizen Journalism
Region: United States
I have lost my voice since Barack Obama became President. Gone are the halcyon days of Bush and Cheney when every day brought a new sense of outrage and the irrepressible desire to write. I look back with lo... more
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As Pakistan Censors Media, GroundReport and Twitter Become News Hubs
Region: Pakistan
As Pakistan's Long March protest heats up, the government has begun to crack down, arresting and torturing activists, blocking roads and banning public assembly. The next casualty? The media. The Long March is nati... more
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How 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... more
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Your 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 cit... more
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WNET 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 annou... more
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Watching Obama's Inauguration with Avenging Angels
Region: New York
Today I watched the swearing-in of President Barack Obama with friends from Avenging Angels, a brilliant, progressive advertising firm 'exclusively for social responsibility' ventures. Their artwork-- much of it anti-Bush... more
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How 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-- wat... more
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In 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... more
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