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Bluffton Today for Blufftonians
Bluffton in South Carolina has an excellent site, in partnership with the local newspaper,it has content written by journalists and lots of additional work by local citizens. Bluffton Today gives the impression of a vibrant site with good reporting on local events, news and more. The site features blogs, contributed photos and a nice touch is the tag cloud. The 'popular tags' feature is a good way of finding out what is being talked about the most. Good feed back for the contributers and readers alike. Loads of local advertising which for me says the site is popular with the intended readership. A nice touch is that the local news
paper (also called Bluffton Today) has it's editions available for
viewing. You can read todays or any other days paper online, it uses
Flash to reproduce each issue. The pages even have a 'turn effect'.
There is no login required or any form of payment as far as I can see
so any issue is available if it is listed. Another good example of a community site working with the local newspaper. Posted by on 15 October 2007 Nice site but where is the genuine content?
Huliq.com may seem like a strange name but it does seem popular (Google page rank of 6). It is an independent news site, their mission is to, '...report the news and inform the public'. Good aims. There is a nice mix of stories on the front page, plenty of pictures. The site is nicely laid out, clear and easy to get around. They also feature a voting system so favourite stories will float to the top. There are sections for technology, business, health, sport etc. My only problem is that a lot of the news stories seem to be from other sources such as VOA news. If this is a relatively new site then I guess I can understand filling it up with copied text. Perhaps it will contain genuine content derived from the public at some point? Posted by Bob Toovey on 15 October 2007 News sites for the CJ search Engine
Just updated the Citizen Journalism Blog Search engine with a couple of new sites. First is an aggregation site called Global Voices Online, 'aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. ' The second is PJNet run by Leonard Witt. His blog is much more in depth and covers journalism in many areas. Do you know of any UK CJ blogs? Leave a comment or get in touch via email. Posted by Bob Toovey on 12 October 2007 Burma violence documented by bloggers
Violence in Burma is not going unnoticed by the worlds media. They are interviewing and reporting as best they can. However we were able to get it direct from Burmese bloggers. As reported on the news this morning, the Internet is being shut down and access denied to the people of that trouble country. The BBC website has background on why the demonstrations are happening and there are blogs from within Burma or by Burmese people. From the BBC, Blogs
Photographs
Posted by Bob Toovey on 27 September 2007 New home page for CJ blog search
There is now a 'home page' for CJ Blog search. You can point your web browser to search.citizenpress.co.uk directly. I am always looking for new CJ websites that can be added to the search engine, so if you have one that you know of then please do get in contact or leave a comment below. Posted by Bob Toovey on 27 September 2007 Wiki style Citizen Journalism
Now here is an interesting idea, Wiki's to become the new blogs? Well at least for Citizen Journalism. Paul Bradshaw has blogged about the idea that Wiki's can be used to cover a story better by using different collaborative approaches. Wikis allow news operations to effectively cover issues on which there is a range of information so broad that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to summarise effectively in one article, or by one journalist, alone. Examples might include local transport problems, experiences of a large event such as a music festival or protest march, guides to local restaurants or shops, or advice. He has indentified 5 broad types of wiki journalisn...
Paul has been hailed as one of the UK's most influential journalism blogger by UK Press and Gazette. Link to Paul's posting, Wiki journalism: are wikis the new blogs? Found via Hugo E Martin, Wiki Journalism - Are Wikis the New Blogs? Posted by Bob Toovey on 25 September 2007 Kent TV launched by UK local county council
The Kent County Council with Bob Geldof's own company, Ten Alps, have launched KentTV. This is an Internet based TV station for and about the county of Kent. The TV station promises to showcase tourist attractions, provide a what's on guide, and promote the area to companies in the hope of creating new jobs in the county. The two-year pilot scheme cost £200,000 to set up plus £600,000 a year to run. The council is hoping that sponsorship and advertising will help to fund the project.
While at first it does seem to be an offshoot of local Government, it holds promise for a very bright future. If local citizens were allowed to contribute news items, documentary style pieces or anything else deemed interesting, we could be looking at TV created by and for the local people of Kent. That would make it seem like public service broadcasting as seen in the US and other countries. But it would be something unique for the UK because the mainstream broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 give only small amounts of access for citizen generated media.
Posted by Bob Toovey on 21 September 2007 Recording and editing with a Nokia N95 The mobile phone is often credited with the rise of Citizen Journalism. Steve Garfield, a renowned video blogger, has a video of how to use your Nokia N95 to record and edit a video...
The video is in MOV format so you will need RealPlayer to see it or another suitable program. Link to How to Shoot,Edit and Post Video with the Nokia N95
Posted by Bob Toovey on 19 September 2007 Where does your tax money go? I have seen many blogs out there that discuss the political situation, but not many that discusses the money spent by Government. Burning Our Money is a British Blog run by Wat Tyler and examines how the UK Government spends our tax money. He also covers the Northern Rock Bank troubles as well. In fact the blog goes in depth in how the Government spends money, where it goes and how it effects the Citizens. Postings such as, Open Ended Taxpayer Bank Guarantee, which discusses how the Government is going to support Northern Rock Bank shows actual figures from public sources and details what it actually means. If you have ever wondered where your tax money goes to then visit this site and spend some time reading. (Added to our search Engine)
Posted by Bob Toovey on 19 September 2007 BBC opens up election coverage
For the next general election, when ever Gordon Brown announces it, the BBC is planning to open up the coverage by allowing it to be rewritten. 'Constituency profiles' will be updated by it's audience in a kind of Wiki style, giving more voice at the local grass roots level. All part of the BBC's interactive service enhancements. Vicky Taylor, head of interactivity at BBC News, is quoted on the Journalism.co.uk website...
Posted by Bob Toovey on 16 September 2007 |
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