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Did You Get My Message? The Virtues Audience Generated Content
“On an average day we get around 10,000 to 12,000 emails, as well as hundreds of pictures and video clips, sent to us from all over the world.”(1) Wow! Matthew Eltringham from the BBC hub is certainly...
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There’s no Such Thing as a Free Lunch in the Print World, but Cyberspace will...
I was nodding my head in agreement with Chris Anderson’s contention that “free is not quite as simple — or as stupid — as it sounds.” (1) It is an oversimplification to contend that online news costs...
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OhMy, Power to the People
Oh Yeon-Ho, the mastermind behind the online news site, OhmyNews is founded on the premise that “every person is a journalist” (1). OhmyNews is a shining example of “citizen journalism” whereby...
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From Moblog to Voblog, Journalistic Tools of Today
Through surfing the net on a daily basis, I have been exposed, to the technology that is referred to in the Week 6 reading, such as Twitter, podcasts and delicious.com. Ingenious methods of journalism...
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And then Some: More Tools for Reporting
From this week’s reading, I have deduced that sites such as Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Skype and Delicious are underpinned by the motif of human interconnectedness. Quinn conceded that Skype is his...
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STOMP Right There
I was intrigued by Stomp, an initiative by a Singapore newspaper, Strait Times. Stomp is essentially citizen journalism, whereby residents send photographs, moblogs and vblogs, to the news site. Quinn...
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Potentially, We Can All Be Walking Mojos
I cannot see the negative aspects of journalists using mobile phones to capture photographs while on location. Of course, journalists need to be trained on how to capture images, such as using...
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In the Not So Distant Future
You learn something new every day, and today was no exception. I was not aware that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy contributed $800 million to fund newspapers. (1) The money was spent to ensure...
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Innovations In Newspapers: Anthony Giner’s Blog
Anthony Giner’s blog explores and commentates on global social and political issues. I think for the time poor, or people that don’t want to trawl through copious amounts of material, this blog is...
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Last But Not Least: Buzzmachine
The reason that I liked Jeff Jarvis’ blog site, http://www.buzzmachine.com, wasn’t only because it was visually appealing. While I appreciated Jarvis’ eloquent writing style, this is not the reason...
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