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Citizen journalism dominates online news in 2007
Here are the top CyberJournalist.net stories of 2007. Not surprisingly, citizen journalism and user-generated content stories overwhelmingly dominate the top 10. …The editor as curator Alexander Belenky As newspapers expand their online operations, will editors continue to have an active - and valued - role in the journalistic process?
Russian media manipulated
Turkey’s Workers’ Party (İP) Deputy Chairman Semih Koray recently went to Russia, where some of the statements he made were given credence by the Russian media.Bloggers and Journalists: Friends or Foes?
Audio and video of the blogging panel from this year’s Society of Professional Journalists Convention: …Matthew Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser, and Claudia Goldin (NBER): The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered.
Needed: Regulation to Prevent Journalists-Turned-Professors from Embarrassing Themselves
It’s hard to know where to begin in responding to David Hazinski’s “Unfettered ‘citizen journalism’ too risky,” an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he calls for regulation of citizen journalism:
Supporters of “citizen journalism” argue it provides independent, accurate, reliable information that the traditional media don’t provide. While it has its place, the reality is it really isn’t journalism at all, and it opens up information flow to the strong probability of fraud and abuse. The news industry should find some way to monitor and regulate this new trend.Again, Big Media Guy Tries to Make it Bloggers Versus Journalists
Jeff Jarvis ably shreds NY Times editor Bill Keller’s straw men. Sadly, Keller and other major media people are still making this a bloggers against professional journalists question, which is not the question at all, or at least hasn’t been for anyone who actually knows anything about the development of new media.
Humor: ‘Rules’ of Journalism
“Jon Swift” offers Journalism 101, a sarcastic, clever set of rules for journalists. Funny stuff….
Citizen Media Business Issues: Merchandise
(This is the sixth in a series of postings about citizen media business issues. See the introduction here. All of these entries are considered to be in “beta” and will be revised and refined as they find a home on a more permanent area of the Center for Citizen Media web site. To that end, your comments, additional examples, and criticisms are welcome and will be invaluable contributions to this process.)
