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Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in IPTV, Citizen Journalism, Long Tail, Internet, News, Pro Am Journalism, Free on November 30th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
A flight across Europe for $10 is indistinguishable from magic
Is there really such a thing as a free lunch? Actually, there sometimes is. Craigslist really is free. Wikipedia really is free. Nobody is “monetizing your attention”. It’s all thanks to a combination of the falling technology costs of Moore’s Law with the Gift Economy.
Other times, there are strings attached. Advertising clutters your page. You’re pitched upgrades. Limits are imposed. You’re upsold to different products or locked into something very much not free. The difference is this latter category used to be the only category of free. Now it must compete with really free. And the newer category is growing fast.
MTV To Give South Park Episodes For Free
MTV Networks will make every episode of South Park available for free online next year. The important part of this news is the fact that MTV is not doing this to make you happy; they’re doing it to make money.
Links of the Week...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Music, Internet, News on September 28th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Yahoo! for Yahoo?
Newspaper publishers who partnered with Yahoo are seeing such significant online sales increases that they could start producing positive over-all revenue gains as early as 2009, says one Wall Street analyst.
Links of the Week...
Posted in Television, Citizen Journalism, Music, Mobile, News on August 24th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The Onward March of Citizen Journalism
Every major news event from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami has been recorded by Citizen Journalists and broadcasted by traditional media. The Beijing Olympics of 2008 could be the event that pushes the trend forward. (more…)
Google News: comments on the comments...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Internet, News, Pro Am Journalism on August 9th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Google wants to integrate comments from people and players related to each of the stories featured in Google News. This is another step into times of total information, and probably also necessary regarding the growing popularity of Citizen Journalism. (more…)
Reality Bites: The YouTube/CNN debate...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Citizen Journalism, Internet, News on July 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
What was supposed to be a debate on politics turned into a debate on journalism and multimedia. Does ‘broadcast yourself’ mean to participate in a political debate, and what is the role of traditional journalism in the relation between politician and voter? (more…)
The state of Citizen Journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, News, Pro Am Journalism on July 20th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Citizen Journalism is growing. Now it is time to set standards and learn some lessons about this new way of reporting. But from whom? What can the traditional journalist add up to it, and what does it need to make Citizen Journalism a reliable source of information? (more…)
Small news, big plans and no money: hyperlocal journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, News, Hyperlocal Journalism on July 13th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Naturally, the Internet works good for world news and vacation weather reports. But if the so called “World Wide Web” wants to go local, or even hyperlocal: is there anything more to add to the average citizen journalist reporting life from his living room? (more…)
Links from Last Week...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Advertising, News, Pro Am Journalism on July 13th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 Creative Crowdwriting: The Open Book
Wired started republishing a selection of their Assignment Zero stories. Assignment Zero is a Pro-Am Journalism platform: a mix of professional journalists and members of the public: “Citizen Reporters”. This first selection of 12 stories are about “crowdsourcing” . (more…)
On duties, dazzle and danger of Citizen Journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Long Tail, Reports, Advertising, News on July 5th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Citizen reporters can help to improve the work of traditional journalists. But without an organizing and overlooking element, is there a risk for the credibility and authority of news? (more…)
Links from Last Week...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Long Tail, Internet, Reports, News on June 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
When everybody is able to make news, to report and, most important, to reach viewers and readers, organization plays an important role. How to organize this endless stream of information? (more…)