A longtime foreign correspondent who took a buyout a few years ago told me that when he visited the newsroom recently, the old globe that pinpointed the Post’s foreign bureaus was gone – it would have looked too embarrassing. (Todd Gitlin, openDemocracy) What better way to follow up on yeste[...]
Archive for May, 2009
May 24th, 2009 - 10:20 pm § in Big media - big crises
The crisis of journalism – and this blog…
Boiled down, this blog is about the intersection of media, publics and social change – with an emphazis on new social & digital media and technological tools that enable each and everyone of us to contribute in new was to both media, publics and the ignitement of social change. Hence, we&#[...]
May 22nd, 2009 - 8:28 am § in Featured
Ushahidi and the cell revolution
One of the most interesting projects about developing ways to include citizens in crisis reporting is definately Ushahidi. The principle is simply to bring together SMS-communication from citizens and reports in order to secure transparant ways of documenting conflicts in areas such as Uganda, Ken[...]
May 19th, 2009 - 9:28 pm § in Uncategorized
Dagens link: Mobile Active
Her følger dagens inspirationslink: MobileActive.org er et fint blogger-projekt, der samler og giver overblik over brugen af mobile teknologier til at skabe sociale forandring. De har bl.a udgivet en fin rapport i november, der opsummerer brugen af mobilteknologi i borgermedierprojekter – læ[...]
May 5th, 2009 - 4:21 pm § in Uncategorized
No-nonsense 2.0 campaigning – The Atheist Busses
Jon Worth, a Brittish blogger and campaigner recently gave a great presentation at Re:publica in Berlin (the video starts after 5 min.) about the Atheist Bus Campaign. Over a short time span he and a Guardian journalist initiated a project which raised more than 100.000 pounds for adds on busses [...]
May 4th, 2009 - 2:22 pm § in Uncategorized
Ushahidi – citizen based mobile documentation
One of the most interesting projects about developing ways to include citizens in crisis reporting is definately Ushahidi. The principle is simply to bring together SMS-communication from citizens and reports in order to secure transparant ways of documenting conflicts in areas such as Uganda, Kenya[...]
