Archive for October, 2007
Dan Barkin – News & Observer
Posted on 11. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/collabrative journalism Last January, The News & Observer created a community publishing site called share.triangle.com. We already had a pretty good newspaper web site at newsobserver.com. We wanted to create a site that would give the community a place to have a conversation, to share information and opinion. Share, as it is […]
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Lila King – CNN.com
Posted on 11. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I lead the small group that focuses on user participation efforts on CNN.com. That includes CNNs new and very successful I-Report initiative, the reader commenting modules on CNN.com story pages and a handful of collaboratively produced blogs.
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Janice Brand – Helium.com
Posted on 11. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I am VP, Content & Community at Helium.com, an international community of active writers who use social networking to rate each other’s work. Our writers range from newbie to published professional, all contributing to a growing trove of more than 450,000 articles on subjects ranging from auto repair to Zen […]
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Data Session
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Doaa Elkady.
It’s 3.22, and the 15 black folding chairs meant to accommodate attendees of the data session meant to start 7 minutes ago are all empty. 3.23 – Attendee #1 walks in, asks a student what this data workshop is supposed to be about. Student answers: “I really don’t know, I’m guessing how to make technology […]
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Are we exploiting the people?
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Daniel Massey.
A question from the politics discussion: We talk about citizen journalism. But how does a citizen benfit? “I get nervous when we talk of crowd sourcing,” said a participant. “That what we’re talking about is crowd harvesting. We have less money, we’re getting our budgets cut. Here’s free labor. It’s a cynic’s view, but I […]
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Politics–if you listen, stories will bubble up
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Daniel Massey.
[audio:http://newsinnovation.com/audio/local_afternoon.mp3] Politics: Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake; Micah Sifry of Tech President; Mike Krempasky of Redstate. Moderator: Micah Sifry Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake: “What happened with the Libby trial is we had had so many readers interested in the case, stacks of court files, people saying conflicting things. We developed a group of people obsessed with […]
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Social Networking Session
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Candice Coots.
After a late finish during the morning events at the New York Times Auditorium, the nearly 200-participants walked next door to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism for a quick lunch break and more informal panels. The Social Information Session is just starting. The approximately 45-participants take charge by rearranging their black foldout chairs to […]
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Now Public and Ground Reports Info Session
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Annaliese Griffin.
Merrill Brown, Chairman of Now Public interviewed by Rachel Sterne of Ground Report Organized, assigned citizen journalism We start with mic troubles… It’s better now and we’re off. Brown is addressing, “this whole business model question.” Says that Now Public just completed a $10.6 venture capital fundraising effort, not because they’re well connected or have […]
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Broadcast/Multimedia: A Whole New Grammar
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Tanzina Vega.
Participants: Michael Rosenblum of Rosenblum Associates; Jim Colgan of the Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC); Mike Sechrist; Brian Conley of Alive in Baghdad; Robin Sloan Current TV. Moderated by: Steve Safran of Lost Remote 1:26 Safran welcomes the crowd. He has covered convergence media since 2000 for Lost Remote. 1:28 Safran says we have to talk […]
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What Do We Do Now?
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Georgia Kral.
Jarvis facilitated the discussion on this one. The panelists, listed below, explained that we need new business models, smart ways to pay people, good web design. Featuring- Mark Potts of Recovering Journalist and Backfence. Potts said Backfence was the “Paris Hilton of all of this.” Debra Gallant of Baristanet.com, with 100,000 users.
