Posted in Citizen journalism on Jul 11th, 2005 No Comments »
I published my first piece on OhMyNews, a Korean Internet news source that is pioneering “citizen-journalism.”
OhMyNews employs 50 staff reporters and editors plus 38,000 citizen reporters who submit app. 200 stories a day. Much of the professional staff time is spent on editing and fact checking these stories before they are posted.
I wrote my [...]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Jul 9th, 2005 1 Comment »
A few days ago I posted an item, below, congratulating London on the Olympics. The tone invoked typical New York chauvenistic brio - take the Olympics, please. Within 24 hours, after bombs blew up a bus and ripped through subways in London, the post seemed insensitive and inappropriate. News moves fast.
I walked through the New [...]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Jul 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Despite the ubiquitous advertising, the money, the celebs and the political stunts, few “ordinary” people I know in New York wanted the Olympics here in 2012. London got it and they are very happy and I am happy for them. Why?
First, why do we want to bring the world to New York when the world [...]
Posted in Citizen journalism on Jun 19th, 2005 1 Comment »
Amy Gahran, a self-professed “info provocateur” is beginning something called I Reporter: The Citizen Journalism Project. Why?
I’m drawn to this field because I’ve grown to realize that traditional versions of news, journalism, and journalists are no longer enough. The cult of officialdom has reached its limits. There is more than one way to gauge relevance [...]
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