Comments on: Vancouver 2010 Olympics: bring on the citizen journalism

By: Fotoframkallning

Fotoframkallning — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:45:03 +0000

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By: Keturah Pfnister

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By: NoCodeNicole

NoCodeNicole — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:23:41 +0000

tV, I am quite sure you are right! This post was only meant to be a summary of my impressions of the Olympics and peoples interactions with their mobile devices and digital cameras.

My post was inspired by some reading that I did on wikipedia.

“Mark Glaser, a freelance journalist who frequently writes on new media issues, said in 2006:[4]
The idea behind citizen journalism is that people without professional journalism training can use the tools of modern technology and the global distribution of the Internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in collaboration with others. For example, you might write about a city council meeting on your blog or in an online forum. Or you could fact-check a newspaper article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your blog. Or you might snap a digital photo of a newsworthy event happening in your town and post it online. Or you might videotape a similar event and post it on a site such as YouTube.”

By: tV

tV — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:39:58 +0000

Nice summary of the self-media influx … which leaves me questioning if anyone is experiencing the Olympicon at all, or only experiencing their attempt to digitize it.

“Now all I need is an iPhone, then I will be well on the road to becoming a Citizen Journalist!”

I think would-be “citizen journalists” need more training in journalism – including language, questions, grammar, verification, basis of fact & story – than more advertising for popular consumer technology

best/ tV