- Citizen Media Toolbox Ran across this from unmediated. JD Lasica from ourmedia.org is trying to put together a set of easy to use tools to get people up and running with citizen journalism. His wish includes: * Out-of-the-box community publishing solution based on an extension of either the base code for Drupal or ArmchairGM (which supports the Openserving.com […]
- Drupal as a Tool for Citizen Journalism Here’s another article I came across from the Unmediated feed. Drupal is a leading contender as the platform for development of the hub, this article from newassignment.net talks about how Drupal is being used by sites like Ourmedia, and the Onion.
- Reporting from the field via mobile phone Last week, Bryan and I had a call with Erik Sundelof, a fellow of the Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University in California. Erik had set up a test page for WITNESS on his inTheFieldOnline.net site. After a short registration process,users can send images, video and text straight from a cell phone. It was […]
- Back From Korea I got back from the OhMyNews 2nd annual Citizen Journalist’s Forum. I think my presentation on Citizen Journalism and Technology went well but, you can decide for yourself since they video taped the whole thing. Alternatively Ethan took notes, as did Greg Daigle, a citizen reporter for OhmyNews from Minnesota I met during the forum. […]
- Prepping for Seoul From July 11th through the 15th I’ll be in Korea for the OhMyNews 2nd Annual Citizen Reporters’ Forum. I’ve been placed on a panel with Craig from Craig’s List and J.D. Lasica from Ourmedia, entitled “Technology and Citizen Journalism.” It should be interesting since I’m not sure exactly how I’m going answer the question about […]
