Citizen Journalism
The Blog Peoria Project can save you THOUSANDS of dollars
It has come to my attention that people attend conferences about blogging. The whole thing reminds me of journalism conventions and conferences, which are mostly about getting away from the wife for the purpose of doing things you don’t want you wife to know about. In addition to the fees necessary to attend... »
‘How to Create a High Quality Blog’
Via Dan Blank: Focus on just one or two blogs. Speak to CRITICAL needs of your audience. Create a team, not just a blog. Content of the highest quality is content that HELPS. Create a schedule and content types. Create a marketing plan. Involve your audience. Set goals and measure your performance. Have a strategy. These tips... »
Bad news for print, good news for hyperlocal
From the Inquisitr: Hyperlocal Websites will Boom in 2009 as Community Newspapers Fold Community newspapers will fold in 2009 as owners are no longer able to turn a profit, or sustain losses any longer. The killer will be costs: even a small town newspaper could have a staff of 6 or 10 or more (usually... »
Some citizen journalism/online news org sites of note
Here is some interesting reading for all you citizen journalists out there (and those who fund them): Here is Windy Citizen, a group blog site based in Chicago. Media Mouse, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. MinnPost, a well known online news organization. The Citizen Media Law Project is dedicated to preserving the rights of CitJo’s. Chi-Town Daily News is... »
‘How to be a citizen journalist’
Sometime soon, I plan to add a section to the front page that lets people browse through some citizen journalism-related videos. http://www.youtube.com/v/xdMPAocnu2E »
OJR.com closes its digital doors
NOTE: The following was sent to me by Rich Miller, and is of interest to those interested in online journalism: After a decade, the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication has decided to cease publication of OJR.org. The archives will remain online, but there will be no new articles. One of OJR’s goals over... »
AP is spoiling for a fight with bloggers that they will lose
For those who don’t know, the Associated Press is telling bloggers that they are violating copyright laws when the reprint any part of an Associated Press article. It’s BS of course, because fair use laws allow for the reprint of small parts of an overall article. It’s been an established part of communication law... »
THIS is what I wanted to do with Blog Peoria
From New Voices: Ten innovative citizen media projects have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners and will each receive up to $17,000 in start-up funding. Many of this year’s winners focus on special-interest communities as well as geographic locales. One grantee will create a new model for regional news coverage in Ohio and... »


