Rosenblum launches new initiative for citizen journalism
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Blog: Michael Rosenblum who helped launch the now-defunct New York Times television, and who coined the term VJ for his controversial approach to news gathering has announced CitizeNews, a new endeavor he's embarked upon alongside Ken Krushel who previously hea
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Lance Knobel: "I'd install FlickrFan in every middle school and high school social studies class. I guarantee it would provoke endless discussion and ensure engagement in the issues of the day." I totally agree. It would be great to see it at checkout lines in supermarkets and on kiosks in BART stations too.
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A neighbourhood watch for the digital age, utilising the power of social networking is proposed.
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The future of journalism is in your hands. That was the message yesterday as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation handed out more than $11 million in prize money to various bloggers and computer programmers, and organizations ranging from MIT to MTV, for proposals that will empower ordinary people to participate in digital media.
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The Viacom division has launched a mobile-centric initiative to bring nontraditional reporting to the 2008 election.
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Just came across Citizendium today which is taking advantage of the problems of spam and altered reality at Wikipedia by positioning itself as being more accurate &#038; accountable. The project, started by [Larry Sanger] a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding &#8220;gentle expert oversight&#8221; and requiring contributors to use their real [...]
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The 24-hour news service aims to plunge viewers into regions and perspectives that get little air time elsewhere.
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A grueling experiment in citizen journalism comes to an end. Now it's time to assess what was done, and how it can be done better next time.
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A new citizenship test designed to make applicants think about questions rather than just memorize answers is beginning a trial run.
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The Mountain View, Calif. search company is debuting new functionality that will allow users to drill down to localized news.
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By Wu Jiao  Media professionals expect to interact more with both their counterparts and the public following the launch yesterday of the country's first official website for journalists.
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NEW YORK (MediaWeek) - Since CNN embraced the citizen  journalist movement in August 2006 with the launch of its  iReport initiative, the news organization has received nearly  100,000 news-related photos and videos from viewers.
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Government to convene new thinktank to confront rapid pace of media change.
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Portals and news sites have work to do, new study suggests.
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At a time of layoffs and budget cuts at traditional newspapers, foundations and donors are funding new journalism ventures.
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New chapters in the portal's quest for user-generated content.
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Playbill - People Be Heard, the unique song-spiked comedy about participating in the democratic process no matter who you are, opens Sept. 23 following previews since Aug. 31 at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan.