Online/Citizen Journalism a workshop for “habitual” and “accidental” journalists

scope: concepts we’ll cover the use of multimedia in today’s news case studies organizational techniques working with digital audio/video reference tools ethics, copyright, payment, and censorship what the future holds

preview: introducing ourselves comfort with English familiarity with the Internet experience in journalism

the situation: everyday we can do something different, something better, and often something free

the situation: examples we’re seeing today multimedia journalism/media interactive journalism/media citizen journalism/media grassroots journalism/media activist journalism/media independent journalism/media participatory journalism/media distributed journalism/media open-source journalism/media hyperlocal journalism/media

online journalism experts are observing a reorganization of the news production process driven by the web’s flexibility and potential for immediacy. source: the situation: the future of news production

the situation: the future of news production, continued audience-oriented production based on the “article/package” works well for larger stories flexibility of media speed depth and scope interactivity source:

the situation: the new journalism job source:

the situation: the new journalist moves above the content keeps a blog identifies bloggers with a voice, remembers those without a voice subscribes to RSS feeds and automates organization source:

the situation: the new journalist, continued cultivates “accidental journalists” with network brand and resources on the lookout for “value- adders” collaborates with able “technicians” leverages the “crowd” source:

The news diamond illustrates “the change from a 19th-century product (the article) to a 21st-century process, the iterative journalism of new media, the story that is forever ‘unfinished’…” —Paul Bradshaw, model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt1-the-news-diamond/ model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt1-the-news-diamond/

example: how the Wichita Eagle covered a Kansas murder trial source:

trend: multimedia slideshows still images, usually all in the same style audio tracks consisting of music, the reporter’s observations, ambient sound, and/or interviews high production value source: world/asia/choking_on_growth_5.html#story2 world/asia/choking_on_growth_5.html#story2

trend: multimedia slideshows source:

trend: multimedia slideshows source:

trend: encouraging contributions from non-professionals source:

trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy source:

trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy

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trend: outsourcing the reporting

trend: going hyperlocal

“acts of journalism” J.D. Lasica More and more frequently committed by “the people formerly known as the audience.” —Jay Rosen

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