Archive for 'Hyperlocal'
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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Chuck Olsen – The Uptake
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. My work in citizen journalism includes the film “Blogumentary,” the community videoblog Minnesota Stories, correspondent reports for Rocketboom, and work on various political campaigns. Currently, I’m helping launch a video-based networked journalism project called The Uptake. What are your goals? Our motto is co-opted from Thomas Friedman: “Will journalism be […]
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Patrick Phillips – The Vineyard Voice
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. (The Voice is new. These observations are drawn from two months of publishing.) I founded and publish a two-way issues and ideas magazine and community publishing platform for the island of Martha’s Vineyard, The Vineyard Voice. Martha’s Vineyard is undergoing a profound change which could force many of its year-round […]
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Michael Mcintee – The Uptake
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Executive Producer for The UpTake. I draw upon my 30 years of TV producing experience to shape stories and train video Citizen Journalists. What are your goals? To network. Find good collaborative video tools and best practices. Notable achievements? Minnesota’s First Political Podcast – Inside Minnesota Politics. In early 2004 […]
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Howard Weaver – McClatchy
Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: Howard Weaver has been involved with the interactive efforts of newspapers for his entire adult life – the editorial pages. “Even in the old analog world there was a kind of interactivity, I think it’s natural to come to this stage where we have better tools to try and extend that umbrella,” […]
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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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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 […]
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Lisa Williams – H2OTown, Placeblogger
Posted on 27. Sep, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: In February of 2005 Lisa Willaims started H2OTown (www.h2otown.info). She had recently left her job and wanted to get to know Watertown Massachusetts better, but decided to do her learning process in public. H2OTown also allowed others in the area to blog, creating a townhall atmosphere. It is what Williams calls a […]
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Jonathan Weber — NewWest.Net
Posted on 26. Sep, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: Jonathan Weber came to the University of Montana as a visiting professor after the bankruptcy of the Industry Standard where he was editor in chief. While there he became interested in the ongoing story of the Rocky Mountain region’s booming development. Local papers were covering specific stories and towns, but Weber thought […]
