“One day I wake up and there’s an armored personnel carrier right outside my house. I tweet about it, and the next thing I know I’m a citizen journalist.”
- Solomon King, Ugandan blogger and founder of blog aggregator Blog Spirit
Citizen journalism is a wonderful force for democracy. I’ve blogged before about citizen media in Africa, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘africa’
More than news: citizen media in Uganda
May 2nd, 2010
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Tweet dreams.. and a bit of a nightmare
April 20th, 2010
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Great news for citizen journalism last week as the power of Twitter and citizen news in Africa was revealed. After the unexpected rejection of BBC journalist Jonah Fisher from a Johannesburg press conference by ANCYL leader Julius Malema, Fisher rallied huge online support from across South Africa about the youth leader’s angry outburst. He tweeted his [...]
Bridging the digital gap
January 31st, 2010
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Made a wonderful discovery today when I stumbled upon the BBC’s Virtual Revolution project. It’s a documentary series, presented by journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski, examining the internet throughout its twenty years of existence – how it has shaped our world, our opinions, and how we interact with one another. Episode One, “The Great Levelling?” [...]
The wiki effect and the rise of crowdsourcing
November 16th, 2009
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A blog about citizen journalism wouldn’t be complete without an interlude into the wonderful world of crowdsourcing. It’s one of the most prominent symbols of what this blog stands for: the rise of the non-professional journalist and the democratisation of new media. Crowdsourcing is one of the biggest phenomenons of the past decade – business-based ‘outsourcing’ has [...]
Try it yourself.. citizen journalism websites
October 26th, 2009
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There are so many websites out there which aim to increase, diversify and spread the word of citizen journalism. Here’s a selection of some of my favourites to get you started…
You Scoop It - mostly US-based, but a great way to find and tell breaking news stories from around the world. It ranges from serious to [...]
