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: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com

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: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com

the situation: the new journalism job

source: http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/you-need-this-to-get-a-job-in-journalism/

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: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com

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: http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com

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, http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/09/17/a-model-for-the-21st-century-newsroom-pt1-the-news-diamond/

example: how the Wichita Eagle covered a Kansas murder trial

source: http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/covering-a-murder-trial-in-kansas; http://www.kansas.com/cheever/; http://www.spj.org/blog/blogs/tech/archive/2007/11/14/10033.aspx

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: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/24/world/asia/choking_on_growth_5.html#story2

trend: multimedia slideshows

source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071122/multimedia0105/71121027/-1/multimedia

trend: multimedia slideshows

source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/lebcbomb/

trend: encouraging contributions from non-professionals

source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/us/11/30/week.1130.irpt/index.html#cnnstcvideo

QuickTime™ and aAnimation decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy

source: http://hub.witness.org

trend: incorporating

multimedia into advocacy

trend: incorporating multimedia into advocacy

source: http://hub.witness.org/en/seeit/browse/country/248

trend: outsourcing the reporting

trend: going hyperlocal

trend: going hyperlocal

“acts of journalism” J.D. Lasica

More and more frequently committed by

“the people formerly known as the audience.”

—Jay Rosen

convergence