OhMyNews holds "citizen journalism" confab
Rory O’Connor of Alternet has a good summary of a recent international gathering of “citizen journalists” organized by OhMyNews.com, the pioneering Korean open-source journalism effort. As O’Connor puts it:
In the wake of such recent citizen-mediated news events as the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the London train bombings, Senator George Allen’s political suicide, the Virginia Tech massacre, et al, the real question is why anyone would still wonder about the possibility, much less the efficacy, of so-called ‘citizen journalism.’
In addition to Dan Gillmor — whose own attempt at local citizen journalism, Bayosphere, didn’t quite work out and eventually had to be shut down — Vancouver’s own Michael Tippett of NowPublic.com spoke at the conference (O’Connor misspells Michael’s name as Tippit). And the founder of OhMyNews.com said in his opening address:
“The question looming large is increasingly less about ‘digital opportunity’ and more about how we can best manage the abundance of content, Web platforms and user participation”
Indeed.
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