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This paper summarizes recent discussions about Citizen journalism: its various forms and coming of age; its role in international news; the opportunities for a more democratic practice of...
According to Poynter.org's managing editor, Steve Myers, CNN has been relatively forward-thinking in its approach to citizen journalism. They mix iReport content (from unpaid citizen...
Long-time journalist Melinda Wittstock explained that the strength that NewsiT has over other citizen journalism sites is the algorithm and oversight that it has, since journalists will assure...
Datran Media plans to extend the Allvoices crowd-sourcing platform into other categories beyond news, and will be integrating its social distribution technology into the site’s content. Datran will...
There are currently dozens of apps available for people to submit news tips; some simply offer a way for people to send in local story ideas, others target specific networks and users can send...
Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI) has partnered with ShareItMobile to bring real-time mobile crowdsourcing and citizen journalism to the broadcast industry. The ShareItMobile system gives...
An ambitious project called ' #GunCrisis ' is chronicling Philadelphia’s explosion of gun crime, in the hopes of finding some solution to stop criminal and violent offenses on gun...
Mosireen, a media collective in downtown Cairo that offers equipment and training to citizen journalists, was born out of the effort by activists to document the Egyptian revolution online.In...
It is true that the explosion of sources of information – just like the avalanche of the raw information itself via wide, public availability of data – makes the jobs of journalists more complex,...
Signal takes a democratic Reddit-like approach to how stories reach the top of the leaderboard. Users up-vote the stories that they find interesting, and so the app not only becomes a means of...
Citizen relay aims to capture the alternative stories of the torch relay, turning the camera away from the flame and back onto the crowds and communities that it passes through. This is not about...
DigitalJournal.com is an international news network powered by people like you. The news network is made up of 32,000+ citizens and Digital Journalists who report news and events from 200...
Citizen journalism has been shaking up the news industry for years already, and CNN's iReport section is one of many efforts by traditional news outlets to include citizen voices. Earlier this month, however, CNN launched a new effort, dubbed “Open Stories”, that aims to take that concept a step further by crowdsourcing coverage of important topics through a combination of citizen and professional journalists.
This amazing picture shows crowdsourcing at its best. According to the CNN iReport user who took this photo, it was truly amazing.
There is no reason why crowdsourced journalism can’t co-exist with more traditional journalism, as long as publishers can recognise the need to change. And this is happening in a very big way...
The app is scheduled to launch using the HTML5-based web language to minimize reliance on specific handset operating systems, such as Apple is or Google’s Android, although a roadmap for the...
According to Digital Journal CEO Chris Hogg, their contributors and members are highly engaged with their media network and they've proven that by giving people recognition for hard work,...
Katie Hawkins-Gaar, editorial leader of CNN’s iReport, talks about CNN iReport, Art, Technology, and Citizen Journalism.
Blottr was the brainchild of London-based entrepreneur Adam Baker, who funded the initial roll-out back in September 2010. And in May this year, the startup secured £1m in investment.Currently...
In response to Michael Kaiser's comments on citizen critics, author Ian David Moss said: "Citizen critics are the potential saviors of the artistic marketplace. However, that’s not...
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
