new media reporting - asia media forum 2009
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The presentation was given at the Asia Media Forum 2009 in Bangkok.TRANSCRIPT
New Media Reporting
Moeed AhmadHead of New Media
http://www.moeed.comhttp://twitter.com/moeed
The Al Jazeera Family
What is New Media?
New Media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century.
Source: Wikipedia
“To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media ... Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control”. - Rupert Murdoch, quoted in Wired, July 2006
(cc) Lynette Webb, 2006
4 primary reasons for this shift...
1. Tools
2. Connectivity
3. Sharing
4. Attitude
A case study
Chad Report on Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera Camerman - Laith Mushtaq in Chad
Breaking news captured on N95
Sent directly to Newsroom using Al Jazeera Reporter
Hotel Wifi used for connection
Faster than traditional method
Cost of Reporting
Uplink 9MHz BandwidthSNG Kit CostCamera Kit
PhoneApplicationData Connectivity
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Another case study
http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/1/us-airways-crash-rescue-picture-citizen-jouralism-twitter-at-work
Distribution
Contribution
Al Jazeera Mobile Reporter
Conversation
Questions?