New social media tools empower citizen journalism
It may be inside a protest rally, or in front of a deadly shooting. Smartphones, video and social media are empowering citizens to tell their stories like never before.
Internet
Jul 17, 2016
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News tagged with citizen journalists
Can anyone be a journalist? Researcher examines citizen journalism
A new article detailing the relationship of two U.S. Supreme Court cases and how they work together to uphold freedom of expression has been published in the Georgia Law Review by William E. Lee, professor of journalism in ...
Other
Dec 5, 2014
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3Qs: Citizen journalism in Ferguson
Tensions have escalated in Ferguson, Missouri, following the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, by a white police officer. The incident has led to peaceful protests as well as clashes ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2014
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Truth is in danger as new techniques used to stop journalists covering the news
The truth is being suppressed across the world using a variety of methods, according to a special report in the 250th issue of Index on Censorship magazine.
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2016
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Mobile phones 'to revolutionise news coverage'
Mobile phones are set to dramatically shake up the global news industry, as cellphones increasingly become a basic consumer essential and users upgrade their handsets with greater frequency.
Other
Feb 3, 2011
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Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus
Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.
Internet
Nov 25, 2009
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Study analyzes use of social networks for media purposes after 11-M
A book at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid analyzes how social networks were used between the attacks on March 11, 2004, and the demonstration in the Puerta del Sol on May 15.
Internet
Mar 9, 2015
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Analyzing 'the first YouTube war'
Hundreds of amateur videos captured by news activists, citizen journalists and foreign correspondents in Homs, and distributed to news organizations and video-sharing websites around the world, have prompted some to dub the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2012
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OMG: Tweets, Facebook welcome in Mass. courtroom
(AP) -- When the camera switches on in one of the busiest courtrooms in Massachusetts, murder arraignments, traffic and drug cases heard there will become fodder for a new experiment: how bloggers and other citizen journalists ...
Internet
May 2, 2011
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Mars Curiosity lands SXSW interactive award
(Phys.org) —The down-to-Earth persona of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, expressed on Twitter, Facebook, live streaming on Ustream, viral videos and the first Foursquare check-in from another planet, has captured the 2013 ...
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2013
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