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ReadWriteWeb.com is reporting on the New York Times acceptance of citizen journalism tools. This is significant for a number of reasons. If the newspaper that is considered the industry standard-barer for journalistic excellence and integrity is now incorporating citizen journalism into its organization, then you know CJ has not only arrived but it is here […]
The world can be a dangerous place for journalists. Each year many are killed covering conflicts. The same can be said for citizen journalists who bear equal risks in reporting or capturing events.
Last month Wei Wenhua was driving in his car, in China, when he witnessed a horrific scene. 50 city inspectors […]
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The establishment media got it wrong. Again.
For the past 48 hours Hillary Clinton couldn’t do anything right. She showed too much emotion at the wrong time. Or if you were more cynical or in the right-wing conspiracy crowd, she faked too much emotion at the right time. Her husband was too negative on Barack Obama.  The headlines were […]
iConflict is pleased to release our first webcast. Even though our social media site is still in development and several weeks away from launch, we decided to start webcasting on our blog given the high interest in iConflict.
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Doctors Without Borders recently released its Tenth Annual “Top Ten” Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007.
People struggling to survive violence, forced displacement, and disease in the Central African Republic (CAR), Somalia, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere often went underreported in the news this year and much of the past decade, according to the 10th annual list […]
A two-term Republican President is leaving office. A new medium of communication has become a household item. So far, this medium has been used in Presidential politics but only with limited success. The election is expected to be tightly contested, fought by bitter rivals. The country has troops abroad, an expanding […]
Apparently, a lot of it went online, according to Alternet, an online news magazine.
The article states, “It turns out that there’s lots of good journalism being practiced out there — in the much-maligned mainstream media, in the independent sector, on the air, in print and even (dare I say it?) right here in the blogosphere.”
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Posted on Flickr, by billybobphotos, this pie chart demonstrates what CNN covered during a recent 30 minute stretch of its Headline News Channel.
According to CNN, Headline News is supposed to be 24-hour news headlines presented in a thirty-minute cyclic format. I know its the end of December and news tends to be slower this […]
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The world’s first citizen journalism school is now open for business and blogging. Unlike the traditional journalism schools across the world, this one is focused exclusively on digital media reporting and technology.  Set 90 minutes out of Seoul, South Korea, that school focuses students education on user generated content and teaching the basics on […]
On November 12th we ordered the computer, and today, after much anticipation it arrived. The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) undertaking is nothing short of remarkable. Against great odds and in the face of many doubters, Nicholas Negroponte has traveled the globe more times than anyone can count to press governments into purchasing […]