Archive for October, 2007
Scott Clark and Dwight Silverman – Houston Chronicle (Chron.com)
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. At chron.com, the Web site for the Houston Chronicle, we began engaging readers in our coverage several years ago, sharing their photos and experiences in Houston’s flood of 2001, their opinions during the 2004 political conventions and election and their live experiences from the ballpark during the Houston Astros World […]
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Chris Tolles – Topix
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I’m a cofounder and CEO of Topix, which is a community site focused around local news. We enable people to comment on any of the articles we’ve aggregated from over 50,000 sources, as well as submitting, discussing or editing original stories or commentary about any town in the US as […]
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Mike Orren – Pegasus News
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your Work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. President and founder of Pegasus News, which launched in DFW in 2006. We’re a “panlocal” site, meaning that we deliver hyperlocal news and data on an entire metro area. We then customize that content for each individual user via a mechanism called “The Daily You.” We use a hybrid of […]
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John Oppedahl
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. My experience has been in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor and publisher (Detroit Free Press, Dallas Times Herald, L.A. Herald Examiner, Arizona Republic, San Francisco Chronicle) so the closest I’ve come is in helping to develop two websites, AZCentral.com for The Arizona Republic in Phoenix and SFgate.com for […]
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Steve Safran – Lost Remote
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I’ve been writing about the topic since 2000 and have been evangelizing its message since before we even knew what to call it. (Do we know what to call it yet?) At Lost Remote, Cory Bergman and I have been “blogging since before blogging was called ‘blogging’” about networked journalism […]
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Rob Neppell – N.Z. Bear
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. In 2002, I created the first blog ranking system, The TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem, and have been active in blogs and new media ever since. I am the co-founder with Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds of Porkbusters, and spearheaded the “Secret Hold” effort which resulted in the passage of the historic Federal Funding […]
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Donica Mensing – Reynolds School of Journalism
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Main goal I think journalism has tremendous potential to help communities improve their capacity to act democratically, but many current practices simply reinforce an expert-driven, elite dominated political system. How can we use Web 2.0 technologies and a public-oriented journalism to empower people to strengthen and improve their communities, rather than remain stuck in interest-group […]
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Amanda Michael – OffTheBus.Net
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I currently work as the Project Director for OffTheBus, a new media collaboration between the Huffington Post and NewAssignment.Net. Previously I worked on Assignment Zero, and before that on political campaigns (Dean and Kerry) as well as at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. To the project I bring […]
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Pre-conference writeups, Keep Them Coming
Posted on 08. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
It’s never too late to send me your writeup. Here are six more I just recieved. Scott Clark and Dwight Silverman – Houston Chronicle Chris Tolles – Topix Mike Orren – Pegasus News Steve Safran – Lost Remote John Oppedahl Rob Neppell – N.Z. Bear Donica Mensing – Reynolds School of Journalism Amanda Michael […]
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Browse all the Writeups, Get to Know Fellow Participants
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
The Networked Journalism Summit is only a few days away. In preparation for the event we asked you to answer some questions. Fifty-two, almost a third, of you have answered. I’m sure more will come in the next few days too. This is a chance for you to get to know who else is coming, […]
