April 6th, 2009
Dana Oshiro is a Canadian PR pro, writer and tech blogger living in San Francisco. For the last seven years she has worked in print, broadcast and online media relations. She believes that great stories, regardless of their medium, always rise to the top.
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The head of my old PR Department just emailed me this story about how traditional media has the edge over citizen journalism - written by a traditional journalist. Here’s some info the Pew Foundation’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found after surveying 145 citizen and 218 “legacy” news sites in 46 U.S. markets: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: blogs, facebook, journalism, legacy media, online media, pew research, social media, trends, twitter
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March 19th, 2009
Citizen journalism challenges us to consider where it belongs amongst the barrage of media.
I am intrigued by citizen journalists. The pioneers who carry a one-man band of recording and transmitting devices or opine from dim rooms behind computer screens. They open their world and offer an invitation to share their view. Because of these pioneers, we are transported throughout the world ahead of traditional sources and armed with information to form opinion before anyone else. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: blogs, citizen journalism, democratic reporting, facebook, technology, twitter, tyee
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