http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/16/challenges-for-citizen-journalism/ a journal of whimsy and hope Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/16/challenges-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-925 Jonathan Trenn Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:11:44 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/16/challenges-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-925 While I can understand their concerns, it's very unfortunate that this headed in that direction. I would have thought that they would have notified the parents that the video was up - 'go check and see it' - and if then someone had complained, they then would have ask you to remove it. While I can understand their concerns, it’s very unfortunate that this headed in that direction. I would have thought that they would have notified the parents that the video was up – ‘go check and see it’ – and if then someone had complained, they then would have ask you to remove it.

]]> http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/16/challenges-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-924 purple motes » localism in news reporting Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:38:27 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/16/challenges-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-924 [...] Hyperlocal news reporting faces some significant challenges. Only a small share of citizens are likely to be interested in writing news stories, although a larger share would be interested in reading them. Professional journalists need to figure out how to expand efficiently the personal scope of their coverage and how to encourage and work with citizen journalists. Generating sufficient volume of hyperlocal news stories and distributing them to interested persons are significant business challenges. In addition, policies for hyperlocal news reporting need to be discussed and considered rationally. These are challenges that traditional local media are best positioned to meet. [...] [...] Hyperlocal news reporting faces some significant challenges. Only a small share of citizens are likely to be interested in writing news stories, although a larger share would be interested in reading them. Professional journalists need to figure out how to expand efficiently the personal scope of their coverage and how to encourage and work with citizen journalists. Generating sufficient volume of hyperlocal news stories and distributing them to interested persons are significant business challenges. In addition, policies for hyperlocal news reporting need to be discussed and considered rationally. These are challenges that traditional local media are best positioned to meet. [...]

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