Archive for 'International'
Martin Huber – Myheimat.de
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Myheimat.de combines printed magazines and an online-platform for hyper-local communities. A network of 5.000 contributors (citizen reporter) submit thousands of stories and the community picks stories for hyper-local printed freesheets (monthly, close to 100% UGC) which reach a combined circulation of 120.000. As founder of a local monthly freesheet in […]
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Martin Huber – Myheimat.de
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Myheimat.de combines printed magazines and an online-platform for hyper-local communities. A network of 5.000 contributors (citizen reporter) submit thousands of stories and the community picks stories for hyper-local printed freesheets (monthly, close to 100% UGC) which reach a combined circulation of 120.000. As founder of a local monthly freesheet in […]
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Brian Conley – Alive in Baghdad
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism. Right now we work with locals in Iraq and Mexico, and produce to weekly programs, Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico, We hope to expand to other locations and are currently discussing other projects as well. Alive in Baghdad looks at the impact of the war from the perspective […]
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Robin Hamman – BBC
Posted on 04. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism I’m a Senior Broadcast Journalist/Producer for BBC English Regions and I blog at Cybersoc.com. At the moment I spend most of my time looking after the BBC’s external facing blog network and giving presentations about social media and blogging across all areas of the BBC. These days I actually do […]
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Michael Rosenblum – Democratizing Video via Rosenblum Associates
Posted on 01. Oct, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: In 1988 Rosenblum left his job as a producer for CBS. He was unhappy, “young and idealistic. I quite this very good job and took the video camerae to see if I could do it myself,” says Rosenblum. Using a small camera and laptop, he went on to become one of the […]
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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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Rick Waghorn – MyFootballWriter
Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by David Cohn.
Introduction and Narrative: My Football Writer started when Rick Waghorn read a piece in MediaGuardian on his 40th birthday (16/01/06) quoting Clay Shirky. Shirky drew an analogy between journalism and the music industry; people still want to listen to good music, just not on CDs. By the same token, people still want to read good […]
