In the next month, www.theaccidentaljournalist.co.uk will draw towards the end of its official existence. My online journalism module gets marked from May 2 – but don’t worry (Mum), I’m going to try and transfer my blog to a different server thingummywhatsit and keep it going after it gets marked, so hopefully it’ll be a brief interlude rather [...]
Posts Tagged ‘citizennews’
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 [...]
When citizen journalism goes too far…
April 20th, 2010
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Lesson #1 on how not to be a citizen journalist.
Take note:
Over and out.
New hyperlocal experiment at City
March 11th, 2010
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Just a bit of a plug for the exciting hyperlocal journalism project that’s running at City University for the next few weeks…
Split into two groups of 16, my Newspaper Journalism class is setting up and running two weekly newspapers: the Islington Now and the Hackney Post. Being in the Islington team, it’s the one I want [...]
Good point, Ms Midgley – but I disagree
If you haven’t already read Carol Midgley’s brilliant article in today’s Times, click here to have a look.
Midgley’s comment is a thoughtful critique of citizen journalism in its many guises, and why she - as a professional journalist – just isn’t so sure about the whole thing. I’ve blogged recently about the dangers (albeit comic) of [...]