Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday that he "believes in democracy and freedom of expression as long as it does not attack others people’s dignities and freedoms." Siniora made his comments during a meeting with delegations from Aley and the Bekaa Valley, who were visiting the Grand Serail to express support for the […]
How Blogs Become Journalism
Acknowledging that “citizen journalism has forced news organizations to change the way they do business,” news site OnMilwaukee.com announced last month it would invite readers to launch their own blogs on all things Milwaukeean. So how are they faring? Ironically, publisher Andy Tarnoff predicted the news site’s biggest problem in his inaugural article: There’s only […]
The World’s First Collective Blog?
GroundReport is a funny animal. In some ways it is a large, collective blog, open to everyone. Because it’s so big, writers will be able to have an unusually high degree of influence in the blogosphere, and make more money on advertising than would otherwise be possible. On the other hand, GroundReport won’t let stellar […]
Open Up the Business Model: How Citizen Journalists Get Rewarded
About 50 million Americans have added their original content to the Internet’s bounty. Most haven’t seen a dime. Five of the ten fastest growing brands on the Web rely on users for content. Most, like MySpace, Flickr and Heavy.com, do not pay their contributors. But the tide may be changing towards systems of compensation. Interestingly, […]
COMING SOON: The Wishlist
You can already do a lot of amazing things on GroundReport. But there are lot more exciting features in the pipeline. Here’s how we plan to make GroundReport even better: Write better: Submit article text and images from your cell phone or mobile device. Use promotion tools to spread the word about your article to […]
Citizens on the March for Democracy– From Nepotism to News
Tuesday America ventured out in what election-activist groups say was “the most heavily watched election in history,” with volunteer lawyer battalions and an arsenal of media contacts, corruption databases and documentation systems at the ready. As voter watchdog groups stood guard, the Sunlight Foundation and its contributors determined exactly how Congress members dipped into their […]