The goal of the contest is to engage users and readers and encourage participation with the growing site.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=248Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTIf you want to find out more about Citizen Journalism in Australia then take a look at GateWatching.org. The blog was, in part, created as a way for discussing the Youdecide2007 citizen journalism project for the 2007 Australian federal election.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=247Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTIra Basen has written about the trust worthiness of CJ generated news in an article on Maison Neuve, (Citizen Uprising). Traditional reporting has certain axioms such as “In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.”

So what happens when main stream news broadcasts CJ news coverage of major events with out that important verification?]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=246Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTNewsweek has an interesting article about how small town bloggers are covering news before the local newspapers can get a chance. In the town of Millburn (N.J.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=245Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTCitizen Eye, who I have reported on before, is making headway in getting Citizen Journalism in to local press. They are now providing videos to go with stories in the Leicester based newspaper, This is Leicestershire.

Here is the link to the story (Protesters in action to save historic bridge) and the video is below.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=244Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTThe UK Governments decision to restrict photography in public is being seen as an over reaction. Limiting how citizen journalism can report on police and the military. Basheera Khan reports on this on the Telegraph technology blog.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=243Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMTI have been contacted by Lyra McKee who doing research on digital news audiences. She has created a two part survey and for inspiration, she is offering a £30 Amazon certificate. Complete the survey and you will automatically entered in to the draw.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=242Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMTHuffington Post, possibly the most well know Citizen Journalist site, sent Mike Stark to ask congresspeople a simple question. Do they believe that President Obama is a citizen of the United States. One managed to answer the question in full, others choose to walk away, run away or just ignore the reporter altogether.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=241Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMTA new UK based citizen Journalism website called 'The Blog Paper' is trying to break in to paper publishing by printing what is regarded as top news from their site. Kind of bringing the Internet to those who still want to read the printed word. An interesting way to spread citizen journalism to the non connected public.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=240Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMTI recently recieved an update from Demotix with regard to their coverage of the unrest in Iran.

I'm planning to launch a newspaper in the city editorially run by young people only.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=231Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMTGroundReport is a 'hyperlocal' citizen reporting site. They say they are different because they do not use reporters but rely on citizens all over the globe to report on the news happening where they are.

We're different because unlike traditional news organizations, GroundReport has no overhead and reporters are already on the ground, at the scene--all over the world.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=230Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMTPensioners in Leicester took to the streets to protest over the level of payment they receive. They managed to block traffic and gain a lot of public support. John Costner of Citizens Eye caught the protest and interviewed some of those involved.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=229Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMTReporters without Borders (Reporters sans frontieres) have published their new report on Internet censorship.

From Web Pro News, House Says Bloggers Don't Count As Journalists

Two versions of a bill in Congress would enshrine a journalist’s right to keep his or her sources confidential, effectively banning the government from forcing journalists to reveal whistleblowers.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=226Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMTNewspapers are all under pressure. Some are failing just like Rocky Mountain News. This paper was established in 1859 and now 150 years later, it has printed it's last edition.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=225Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMTA new citizens journalism website that seems to be doing very well is Demotix. It currently has over 2000 citizen reporters from all over the world. The site specializes in photo journalism which is evident from the front page.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=224Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMTMartin Belam at CurryBet.net has been looking at local newspapers. So far he has published three articles about their uses of RSS and the use of video.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=223Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMTCitizens Eye, the community news agency that I reported on a while ago seem to be expanding. I received an email from John Coster explaining that new agencies are being created and they will be incorporated in to a new Community Media Hub along with Citizen Eye.

Here is a snip from the email listing the new agencies and what else is new.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=222Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMTHelen Boaden, director of BBC news has published her keynote speech she gave at the recent e-Democracy conference. She discusses how the digital world is making news easier to access and how it gives wider choice. She also mentions citizen journalism.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=221Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMTThe man behind UpFront news blog has created another site this time focusing on the European Union - EU Watch. Neither for or against, he plans to write up-to-date stories for anyone who is curious about the EU. He also plans to explain more about the structure and history of the EU.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=220Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMTNews papers around the world are finding it increasingly difficult but in France there are other reasons why they are finding it hard to make money with the printed word. The distribution system and the Government, seem to have a hold over the publishers with rules and regulations that strangle.

From the International Herald and Tribune, 'France looks to save its newspapers'

Newspapers throughout the developed world are losing readers and advertisers to the Internet, but French papers are in particularly bad shape.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=219Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMTThe Internet makes for a level playing field. One of the many reasons why Citizen Journalism worries traditional journalism so much. Blogs play an important part in this and has helped spread the CJ movement, ease of use and no programming knowledge required.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=218Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMTI have mentioned a lot about citizen journalism and blogs but not a lot on citizen photo journalism. I mention this as I have come across a UK based website called 'Pics-4-News.com'.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=217Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMTGroundViews is the one and only CJ website for Sri Lanka. It was originally setup under the Voices of Reconciliation Project but has gone on to win accolades and popularity. For 2007 the website had over 144,280 page views and nearly a million hits.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=216Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMTCitizen Journalism is under pressure. One the one hand it is still yet to be properly defined and made clear exactly what it is to the public at large. On the other, it has become almost mainstream.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=215Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMTThis YouTube video was first added in January 08 and relates to the flooding in the north of England that happened previously. The short video discusses how citizen journalism and citizen contributed media played an important part in keeping the local community informed. It as first shown at a citizen journalism conference at Leeds University.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=214Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMTBloggers still face arrest in many countries around the work according to the annual report by the University of Washington. Many detained for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments.

Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=213Fri, 9 May 2008 09:00:00 GMTWest Africa is the target of EWAN, the news agency that encourages the people of that region to become active Citizen Reporters. The countries that this site covers include; Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Here is a snip from the about page.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=212Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMTAnother site added to our search engine is CyberJournalist.net. This is a news gathering network that also has a job listing feature as well.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=211Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMTFarhad Manjoo has a book out called, “True enough: learning to live in the post-fact society”. The book, “argues that new communications technologies are loosening the culture's grip on what people once called "objective reality."

His blog has an excerpt which covers TV 'fakery' and how it seems to be taking over local TV in the US (UK as well?]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=210Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMTThere are not exactly a lot of community run news agencies in the UK, in fact Citizen Eye based in Leicester could well be the first. John Coster setup the agency following a meeting of the Black Minority Ethnic (BME) Citizens Jury held in 2006. The site is doing very well and feeding community news to community run websites.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=209Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:00:00 GMTCNN has launched iReport, the YouTube of Citizen Journalism. The site will feature material that does not fit in with the editorial guide lines of CNN. According to Journalism.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=208Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMTTwo new sites have been added to our search engine. The first is Digidave.org, David Cohn writes about, “the people, technology, theory and practice of Citizen Journalism”.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=207Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMTAdded today to the CitizenPress Search engine is SACRN.com, the South Asian Citizen Reporters Network. The website has stories contributed by writers from places like Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=206Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMTJason does point out that newspapers do have life left in them, local papers are doing well and making a profit.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=205Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:00:00 GMTDaren Rowse on Problogger was asked to write for a magazine on the subject of user contributed content and the possible threat to journalism...]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=204Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe initial reaction to Yahoo sharing information with the Chinese Government was unfavourable to say the least. I believe that the Congressional hearings are currently underway, looking in to Yahoo disclosure. An article by Duncan Riley on Tech Crunch shows another point of view on Yahoo's actions.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=203Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMTAnother site is declaring the death of newspapers. An article by Rich Ord on WebProNews states that the Associated Press (AP) is dying off. He says, “The AP's world has now changed forever with the advent of blogs and news aggregation sites.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=202Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMTYaro Starak over at Entrepreneur's Journey has posted his take on the demise of newspapers. He quotes figures from a study conducted by Nielsen.

According to a study done by Nielsen, more than 37% of all households with internet access visited a newsite at least once weekly.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=201Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTNews papers seem to be doing better online these days. Last time I posted about newspaper blog readership figures it seemed that they may have been bending the figures a little. Recent figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation (UK) says that the Times, Telegraph, Guardian and the Sun have beaten their previous readership levels.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=200Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTReuters and Nokia has finished their trials of using a N95 mobile phone to file news reports. The technology used to create a "Mobile Journalism Tookit" as cited by Engadget mobile..]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=199Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTIt seesms that China is using their firewall to redirect traffic away from Google Blog search to their own search engine Baidu. This from the Tech Crunch,

Further to our earlier story on visitors to Google Blogsearch being redirected to Baidu in China, new reports have surfaced that would indicate that China has unilaterally blocked all three major search engines in China and is redirecting all requests to Baidu.

Link to Tech Crunch posting, Cyberwar: China Declares War On Western Search Sites

*** Update

According to Robert Scoble this story may be false

http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=198Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT“Bloggers now threatened as much as journalists in traditional media”

Thats the by line for the last report on press freedom by Reporters with Borders (RSF - Reporters sans frontières). Their latest report on press freedom, The Worldwide Press Freedom Index, lists 169 countries in ranking order. The top three are Iceland, Norway and Estonia.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=197Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe BBC is currently hunting for Citizen Journalists in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal, Hyderabad and Aligarh. This is for their newly launched micro site called Your Edition, which comes under the main site, BBC Urdu.

The site features blogs, contributed photos and a nice touch is the tag cloud.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=195Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTHuliq.com may seem like a strange name but it does seem popular (Google page rank of 6). It is an independent news site, their mission is to, '.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=194Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMTJust updated the Citizen Journalism Blog Search engine with a couple of new sites. First is an aggregation site called Global Voices Online, 'aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. '

The second is PJNet run by Leonard Witt.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=192Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTThere is now a 'home page' for CJ Blog search. You can point your web browser to search.citizenpress.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=193Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTViolence in Burma is not going unnoticed by the worlds media. They are interviewing and reporting as best they can. However we were able to get it direct from Burmese bloggers.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=191Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTNow here is an interesting idea, Wiki's to become the new blogs? Well at least for Citizen Journalism. Paul Bradshaw has blogged about the idea that Wiki's can be used to cover a story better by using different collaborative approaches.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=190Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe Kent County Council with Bob Geldof's own company, Ten Alps, have launched KentTV. This is an Internet based TV station for and about the county of Kent. The TV station promises to showcase tourist attractions, provide a what's on guide, and promote the area to companies in the hope of creating new jobs in the county.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=189Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe mobile phone is often credited with the rise of Citizen Journalism. Steve Garfield, a renowned video blogger, has a video of how to use your Nokia N95 to record and edit a video..]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=188Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTI have seen many blogs out there that discuss the political situation, but not many that discusses the money spent by Government. Burning Our Money is a British Blog run by Wat Tyler and examines how the UK Government spends our tax money. He also covers the Northern Rock Bank troubles as well.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=187Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTFor the next general election, when ever Gordon Brown announces it, the BBC is planning to open up the coverage by allowing it to be rewritten. 'Constituency profiles' will be updated by it's audience in a kind of Wiki style, giving more voice at the local grass roots level. All part of the BBC's interactive service enhancements.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=186Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMTWhile Searching for Citizen Journalism on Technorati I found a posting on Kyle Littrel's blog. What drew me to it was his discussion of how close a citizen reporter should be to the story he is reporting..]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=185Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe fires in Greece are still raging and the political situation is also heating up. Questions are still being asked as to the Governments handling of it all and if terrorists are to blame.

I have picked two blogs that discuss the fires in Greece.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=184Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:00:00 GMTCitizen Journalism seems like it is all comming out of the USA, so it is very refreshing to see a UK website prepared to change that view. Vocal Public is a site looking for Citizen Journalists to write, not just to comment on existing stories. It is a very new site, online for about 3 weeks at the time of writing.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=183Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:00:00 GMT Here is a snip about the Stop Tesco Group.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=182Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:00:00 GMT I do like how they are promoting Citizen Jounalism, this snip from their about page…

This site will explore the What, When, Why, Where and How of Citizen Journalism.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=175Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTNewspapers are feeling the pinch all over at the moment. Just when they sought refuge via the internet, it's seems they are having a problem competing with websites from TV stations and magazines who are adding 'social media' functions.

Reading an article from Search Marketing Guru, it seems that search engines like Yahoo are trying to strike deals with newspapers, they have signed a deal with 250 newspapers to provide advertising and classified listings.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=174Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTPodcasting is becoming an important part of the blogosphere and used by many Citizen Journalism websites. So it's good to find a healthy and active poscasting scene in the UK. Citizen Scoop is run by J.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=173Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTTom Glocer is the Chief Executive Officer of Reuters and has his own blog. One entry is the text of his speech given at the Globes Media Conference in Tel Aviv on Monday 11 December 2006.

I have talked before about gaining trust where traditional news sources are loosing it.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=172Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe freedom of information act in the UK is supposed to make UK government more transparent. Of course sensitive information should be withheld but the public interest is foremost in the act. So it was with interest that I found on the BBC website a blog by Martin Rosenbaum discussing this very thing.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=171Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTUsing the same idea as Wikipedia, where users create the content then it gets edited/updated/corrected by visitors to that site, WikiNews allows the creation of news stories. A newspaper created by the very people who read it.

At the time of writing this, the lead story is about the shootings at Virgina Tech.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=170Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTIt's always nice to see community websites thrive because of the local community involvement. One such site is iPutney.com in the USA.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=169Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTWhen I found out about CitizenTube on SplashCast, Marshall Kirkpatrick mentions a video called Epic 2014. This video traces media history from Tim Berners Lee all the way to 2014 when Googlezon takes over all media! Is this going to be the future?]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=168Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTYouTube is entering the Citizen Journalism and political arena with CitizenTube. Just announced formally, this new feature aggregates selected political videos already appearing on the rest of YouTube. It is edited by Steve Grove, which will be an awesome job considering the heated arguments that politics can create.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=167Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTIt seems most newspapers are feeling the pressure these days. The Guardian's deputy commercial director Adam Freeman has said that the future for his paper is probably video. He was speaking at a fringe meeting held at the Media Guardian Changing Media Summit.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=166Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMTZimbabwe is going through what the BBC calls 'turmoil'. For those who live there it must be more like hell. Life in that country is being reported by bloggers and bringing the worlds focus to the plight of the nation.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=165Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMTWell I was suppose to be having a break but when I saw this little item I had to write it up. It's happening in the country I live in and is outragous how the French Government is imposing this new law. I think I will let you just read on.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=164Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMTI am going to be taking a break for a week or two. You may of noticed it was a bit quiet here, I have just finnished moving house yet again and I have few other projects which are demanding my time. So I have not been posting as often as I feel I should.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=163Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=162Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMTI have just read on WebProNews.com that Apple have been told that if they want to find out more who leaked details of their products back in 2004 then they are going to have to pay for it. To legally find out who leaked then they will have to pay almost $700,000 in legal fees.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=161Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMTThere is a good post by Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing about a new publication, Community Created Content. Law, Business and Policy. It's by Finnish copyfighters Herkko Hietanen, Ville Oksanen and Mikko Valimaki.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=160Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMTDarren Rowse, a blogger of some repute, has an interesting article discussing the actual popularity of newspaper blogs. Apparently there has been a 210% increases in traffic in the last year for newspaper blogs but it seems Darren is little skeptical. In his posting he works through some of the figures and wonders why the big companies are not getting more traffic.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=159Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMTThe upcoming trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the highest-ranking Bush administration official to face criminal charges, will for the first time feature seats reserved for bloggers. The seats will be among those normally taken by traditional press.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=158Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=157Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMTThere is more talk about the demise of the newspaper, well at least the printed version. More and more free news to be had on the Internet is the reason. With modern PDA's and mobiles that can surf the net, news is accessible just about anywhere.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=156Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=155Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=154Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=153Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=152Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=151Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:00:00 GMTThe Human Rights group Reports Without Borders (also Reporters Sans Frontieres, hence RSF) has released a list of black listed countries that they believe are suppressing freedom of expression on the internet. According to a BBC report, “The civil liberties pressure group has organised a 24-hour protest, inviting web users to vote for the worst offending countries. Visitors to the RSF website are also invited to leave a voice message for Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang, expressing their views on the firm's involvement in China.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=150Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:00:00 GMTFred Tipson, senior policy counsel for Microsoft has stated that because of concerns over the repressive regime, it might be forced to reconsider its business in China. Sounds nice that a company as large and as powerful as Microsoft, is willing to flex a bit of muscle. Fred Tipson's statement was made at the Internet Governance Forum recently held in Athens.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=149Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=148Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=147Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=146Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=145Sat, 7 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMTIt all seems to be falling apart for Mark Foley at the moment. The former representative sent some naughty emails and got caught out. He got caught out via the Internet.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=144Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:00:00 GMTMark Glaser is a longtime freelance journalist and a Critic, Facilitator and New Media Expert. Once in a while he goes in-depth ion a subject providing history, background and references. This posting on his website goes in to Citizen Journalism.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=143Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=142Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=141Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:00:00 GMTIf you are looking to get in to podcasting then this book is going to help. Pod casting has been touted at the next big thing and it is certainly on it's way. So if you need more info and a good reference then take a look at this book.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=140Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=139Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=138Sun, 28 May 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=137Sat, 27 May 2006 09:00:00 GMT

If anyone is currently using the old RSS address direct from this site, please can you change to use the FeedBurner address!]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=126Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=125Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMTIts comes by RSS, by email and on the web page. It comes as SMS to your mobile phone or you see it on WAP sites. Its on interactive TV, terrestrial or satellite.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=123Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=124Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=122Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMTThere is an interesting article by Steve Rubel, senior vice president at Edelman public relations and author of the blog Micropersuasion, who writes as a guest for the CBSNews.com section, Public Eye. He discusses how CBS is using elements of Citizen Journalism to improve its 'transparancy' in its news gathering and reporting.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=121Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=120Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=119Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:00:00 GMT Most citizen Journalist websites take the form of a blog, an online system of publishing short articles, blog sites provides tools to create an article and sometimes to add pictures to emphasize the content.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=118Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=117Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT The editors weblog has an interview with the paper's web editor, Juan Carlos Lujan. Here is a small snip.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=116Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT Reporter.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=115Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMTPosted on Red Herring is news that OhMyNews has recieved an investment of $11 Million! The Korean website plans to launch a Japanese news site and develop video journalism.

Here is a snip.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=114Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=113Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMTThe Sun.Star Cebu website based in the Philippines, has an interesting article about Citizen Journalim entitled 'Editorial: Journalism morphing'. Worth taking a look for another point of view at this expanding subject.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=112Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMTWell it seems that the 'Dick Cheney shooting' is just not going to go away. The story put out at the time to explain what happened has started to fall apart. The Tomo Report has the headline 'COVER-UP!]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=111Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMTThe BBC has a good article about Blogs and their effect on mainstream media, in particular how the truth is eventually dug up about contentious new reports. Its was written by By Paul Reynolds, World Affairs correspondent for the BBC News website.

Bloggers can often be seen as people who spread rumours and gossip but as Paul explains that is not true, he cites examples such as the recently controversy over the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=110Mon, 6 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMTHow would you like to go to Iraq, stand with the US soldiers facing what they face every day, join in with missions, take photos, update a blog of what you have seen and do it all as a volunteer, unpaid?

The book when first publish was quite a revelation.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=105Thu, 5 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=104Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=103Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMT For written reports you may need nothing more than a notepad and a pen or pencil. When you see something you can take some notes and write it up when you get back to your computer.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=102Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=101Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=100Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=99Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=96Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMTCitizen Journalism comes in many forms and that include PodCasting. So if you are willing to commit your voice to the internet then you had better get some good tools. A very popular choice for recording and editing is Audacity.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=95Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=92Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:00:00 GMTIf you are looking to become a Citizen Journalist then check out this guide called Citizen Journalism Tech Kit 001

It details some easy ways to get your reports online using telephones and audio conversion tools. And of course a website or blog site to publish your reports on.

The site is published by Brian C.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=91Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:00:00 GMTAs Hurricane Rita passed through a blog site was set up as an experiment in Citizen Journalism. People who directly experienced the storm posted on Stormwatchers. I believe that the site is closing the experiment but it is a good example of how those who are directly effected can report on what is happening to them.]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=90Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:00:00 GMTWith more and more Citizen Journalists posting news items it is becoming more of a worry about their legal standing. A professional journalist can hide their sources and choose not to disclose who they are and have some legal protection. How does a Citizen Journalist stand?]]>http://www.citizenpress.co.uk/view.asp?id=88Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:00:00 GMTAn article on the USA Today site describes how in South Korea Citizen Journalism is becoming more popular.

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