Download - Oxfam Scotland's plans for a citizen journalist network - Be Good Be Social 27th Oct 2010
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Making Media Social
Citizen Journalists
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Why bother using social media?
It’s not about “doing social media”- it’s about looking at your aims and then asking how you can use social media to achieve them.
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Can social media change the world?
Maybe…
New ways of communicating have changed things before.
Our aims are ambitious- we can’t achieve them on our own.
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We’re very excited
We’re told there’s apathy- but we get an amazing reaction online.
We want to bring together a network of citizen journalists who share our values.
The next step in using social media.
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Why we’re doing it
Time Freedom
Ideas Engagement
A Right to Reply Skills
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What’s a citizen journalist anyway?
Inadequate, pimpled and single?
Someone who blogs, tweets, makes films, writes to their paper, uses carrier pigeons…
… and then tells their friends about it.
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Who is a citizen journalist?
Concerned about poverty- at home or abroad.
Want to move beyond “clicktivism”.
Busy- a new way of volunteering.
Not necessarily interested in meetings.
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Who is a citizen journalist?
Helena:
“ It’s incredibly important to discuss these things. If they aren’t discussed, how will they be changed? ”
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What if people say things we don’t like?
Guidelines and values.
People say things anyway… this way at least we can be part of the debate.
Being a citizen journalist is a responsibility.
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How it works
Posterous blog- a place to share.
Sign-up procedure.
We stay in touch.
Cheap- and simple.
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What the network is NOT
A website.
A new social network.
A closed group.
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Where could this lead?
A network of people who can take action when it’s needed.
Making it global- international voices.
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Get involved
If you’re interested:
www.citizenjournalists.org.uk
@citizenjournos