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Online/Citizen Journalism
a workshop for “habitual” and “accidental” journalists
scope: concepts we’ll cover
the use of multimedia in today’s news case studies organizational techniques working with digital audio/video reference tools ethics, copyright, payment, and censorship what the future holds
preview: introducing ourselves
comfort with English
familiarity with the Internet
experience in journalism
the situation: everyday we can do something different, something better, and often something free
the situation: examples we’re seeing today
multimedia journalism/media interactive journalism/media citizen journalism/media grassroots journalism/media activist journalism/media independent journalism/media participatory journalism/media distributed journalism/media open-source journalism/media hyperlocal journalism/media
online journalism experts are observing a reorganization of the news production process driven by the web’s flexibility and potential for immediacy.source: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com
the situation: the future of news production
the situation: the future of news production, continued
audience-oriented production based on the “article/package”
works well for larger stories flexibility of media speed depth and scope interactivity
source: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com
the situation: the new journalism job
source: http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/you-need-this-to-get-a-job-in-journalism/
the situation: the new journalist
moves above the content keeps a blog identifies bloggers with a
voice, remembers those without a voice
subscribes to RSS feeds and automates organization
source: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com
the situation: the new journalist, continued
cultivates “accidental journalists” with network brand and resources
on the lookout for “value-adders”
collaborates with able “technicians”
leverages the “crowd”
source: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com
The news diamond illustrates “the change from a 19th-century product (the article) to a 21st-century process, the iterative journalism of new media, the story that is forever ‘unfinished’…”
—Paul Bradshaw, http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/09/17/a-model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt1-the-news-diamond/
example: how the Wichita Eagle covered a Kansas murder trial
source: http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/covering-a-murder-trial-in-kansas; http://www.kansas.com/cheever/; http://www.spj.org/blog/blogs/tech/archive/2007/11/14/10033.aspx
trend: multimedia slideshows
still images, usually all in the same style
audio tracks consisting of music, the reporter’s observations, ambient sound, and/or interviews
high production value
source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/24/world/asia/choking_on_growth_5.html#story2
trend: multimedia slideshows
source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071122/multimedia0105/71121027/-1/multimedia
trend: multimedia slideshows
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/lebcbomb/
trend: encouraging contributions from non-professionals
source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/us/11/30/week.1130.irpt/index.html#cnnstcvideo
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trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy
source: http://hub.witness.org
trend: incorporating
multimedia into advocacy
trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy
source: http://hub.witness.org/en/seeit/browse/country/248
trend: outsourcing the reporting
trend: going hyperlocal
trend: going hyperlocal
“acts of journalism” J.D. Lasica
More and more frequently committed by
“the people formerly known as the audience.”
—Jay Rosen
convergence