Archive for the ‘Citizen Journalism’ Category
Community Journalism Covers Hyperlocal Journalism
There is a nice mention in the Cambridge Chronicle today about my co-workers’ project, NeighborMedia at CCTV. The article, written by Evelyn Ratigan is entitled, “Journalism project takes reporting to the backyard — literally.” Congrats to Julie Adler for the great press and all of her hard work leading this group of dedicated citizen [...]
Free Press Action Network Live Blogging Tomorrow’s Hearing on PEG TV in the Digital Age
The Free Press Action Network has announced that it’s members will blog tomorrow’s Congressional Hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Services in the Digital TV Age. Here are the details below from the website:
“On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Free Press Action Network will hold a live-blogging session during the congressional hearing on Public, Educational, [...]
Audio Documentary on Community Media in the YouTube Age
For his graduate audio production course at Emerson College, my fellow grad student and CCTV colleague John Donovan (above) sat down with staff and members at Cambridge Community Television to find out “why community media still matters” in a YouTube age.
In this 11-minute podcast, John first spoke with members of the staff who told him [...]
The Role of the Center in Community Media Practice
As I’ve noted, I’m becoming increasingly interested in the role of the community media center in the practice of community media. Two arguments in particular have forced this interest. One is the claim that YouTube eliminates the need for public access television in the digital age and the second, from Dan Gillmor, sounds quite similar.
But [...]
On “The Age of Citizen Programming”
In a recent blog post (via Clippings for PEG Access Television), Alan Moore highlights an article on “Citizen-produced” programs on cable access TV in Chofu, Tokyo. Because, as he writes, “it echoed with the theory that people embrace what they create.”
The post is interesting to me because of the connection Moore makes between examples of [...]
Exploring the Digital Culture within PEG Access Television
I wrote an essay, titled “Community Media in Transition: Exploring the Digital Culture within PEG Access Television.” It is an overview of my research and methods used for this project to date. My hope is that it will serve to help focus my work moving forward.
From the introduction:
In August 2006, following the Alliance for Community [...]
Networked/Local Social Media
I recently discovered these three geographically-focused UK websites (above) through my thesis adviser’s del.icio.us feed. They are UpMyStreet, AreYouLocal, and MyNeighborhoods. They were interesting to me because of their location-based orientation within a global communications medium (the web), combined with their use of social software.
I was trying to imagine a version of this site where [...]
Community Media 2.0 for Justice and Democracy
The Community Media Review’s Summer 2007 Issue, “Community Media and Social Change” is out. It is an appropriate follow-up to the last issue on “Community Media 2.0″ (see earlier post):
“Public Access media tools are just a means, not an end goal. Whether we use television access channels or new digital platforms, we should strive to [...]
Citizen Journalism and Public Access TV
CCTV recently received a grant from the Institute of Interactive Journalism for a project to “embed” citizen journalists in communities across Cambridge. Here’s the deal:
“Five segments, one from each of the city’s zip codes, will be produced each month, highlighting news and events from across the city. Segments from each neighborhood will be edited into [...]
