Archive for 'Citizen Network'
Robin Sloan, Andrew Fitzgerald – Current TV
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Andrew Fitzgerald runs the citizen journalism program for international cable/satellite TV network Current TV. Robin Sloan is the online product strategist there (i.e. he figures out what we should do on the web). Both of us have been deeply involved in Current’s ongoing efforts to create an open, community-driven news […]
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Howard Owens – GateHouse Media
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. As far back as East County Online (San Diego) in 1995, I’ve been working to create collaborative online communities. At ECO we didn’t have the tools to do it easily, so we invited key community members to contribute to our site and asked readers to e-mail us their opinions on […]
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Travis Henry – YourHub
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I am the editor of YourHub.com at the Rocky Mountain News. I helped launch one of the nation’s most ambitious citizen journalism projects in the spring of 2005. I came from a traditional newspaper background, working as a city editor, editorial page editor and reporter at dailies and a managing […]
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Tristan Louis – TNL.Net
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. I’ve been a proponent of networked journalism since 1999, when I founded Moveable Media as a company that would allow for licensing user-created content to mainstream media. The model was, dare I say, a little to early and didn’t take. Since then, I’ve worked as a networked/citizen reporter using TNL.net […]
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Micah Sifry – Personal Democracy Forum
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: Personal Democracy Forum is an annual conference and ongoing weblog that focuses on how technology is changing politics. Personal Democracy Forum was founded by Andrew Rasiej, who has a background in music, education nonprofits and advising politicians. Micah Sifry worked on the first conference and was soon taken on as a partner. […]
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Jennifer Carroll – Gannett
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: In the past year Gannett has undergone the largest transformation in the company’s 102-year history. All 86 papers across the country, except for USA Today, have changed from traditional news centers to 24-hour, local, multimedia “Information centers.” The blueprint for the change cited seven areas that each Gannett paper would be required […]
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Jim Colgan – WNYC Radio
Posted on 01. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: This August WNYC Radio’s “Brian Lehrer Show” in New York experimented in their first crowdsourced investigation. The popular public affairs show asked more of their listeners than the pithy comments, but hard data on how many SUV’s were parked on their New York City block. “It was very organic and a logical […]
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Rachel Sterne – GroundReport
Posted on 01. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: GroundReport started as a side project for Rachel Sterne after reporting on the United Nations Security Council on events taking place in Darfur. Sterne, who worked for LimeWire at the time, was concerned and agitated by the lack of public awareness about these events. About one year ago GroundReport, a network of […]
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Kate Marymont and Mackenzie Warren – Fort Myers
Posted on 28. Sep, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: When Gannett announced its transformation from traditional newsrooms to information centers (see Jennifer Carroll writeup) The News-Press in Fort Myers, FLA. was one of the first and most successful papers to adopt the changes. The paper regularly engages in experiments to engage and partner with citizens using traditional media resources in pro-am […]
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Dan Pacheco – Bakersfield.com
Posted on 28. Sep, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: In 2004 Dan Pacheco was hired as part of the new Digital Products team at The Californian. Their job was to “look out in the future 5-10 years and see trends,” says Pacheco. He came to the position with experience at the Washingtonpost.com and America Online where he worked on community products […]
