2008
Media Matters
by HK & 6 others (via)
Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation — news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda — every day, in real time.
Using the website www.mediamatters.org as the principal vehicle for disseminating research and information, Media Matters posts rapid-response items as well as longer research and analytic reports documenting conservative misinformation throughout the media. Additionally, Media Matters works daily to notify activists, journalists, pundits, and the general public about instances of misinformation, providing them with the resources to rebut false claims and to take direct action against offending media institutions.
gamechangers.wemedia.com:
by HK (via)These awards are given to “people, projects, ideas and organizations leading change and inspiring a better world through media.” Awards are based on seven categories: Story, Design, Social Impact, Pattern Change, Purpose, Community, Sustainability.
2007
KCNN: Twelve Tips for Growing Positive Communities Online
by HK (via)"The Knight Citizen News Network has produced a list of 12 tips for growing positive online communities. This is as dead-on a list as I’ve ever encountered, so be sure to give it a read."
CitizenShift - Home
by HK & 1 otherCitizenShift (citizen.nfb.ca) is both a site that gathers user generated
media on a range of social themes and is a creative work in and of itself.
howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Personal Journalism
by HK (via)Personal Journalism is just as ethical as old-school public journalism. It still values facts, fairness, truth telling and good reporting. It’s just that personal journalism is written differently. It is written from one person, a person we can identify and identify with, for one person. The byline is more than a name under a headline in Personal Journalism. It is the persona and the personality. Personal journalists do more than report the story. They let us see at least a little about who they are, what they believe, what drives them and what they find important. If a personal journalist has a bias, we know it. That is part of the truth-telling tradition all journalists should endorse, but only personal journalists make it a practice.
Personal Journalism is shareable because people like to share what has touched them in a direct, intimate way, be it a song, a video or a good story.
Personal Journalists let other people help with the fact gathering or putting the facts in context, because Personal Journalism is part of a conversation, not a proprietary, walled garden.
Personal journalists can be writers, recorders or picture takers, but for the sake of clarity, I’ve written the definition from a writer’s point of view.
In the future, all journalists will be personal journalists. Within five to ten years, if you’re not a personal journalist, you will be out of work, and if your news organization hasn’t embraced personal journalism, it will be out of business. Well, that may be going a bit too far, because I’m not sure personal journalism is required of those who report for print or broadcast, but it is required of online journalists. So long as print survives, even in newsletters for the elderly and the elite, public journalism will survive. In the online world, personal journalism will be the only journalism people consistently seek.
NomadsLand - An online distributor of films with a social mission.
by HK (via)
We need you to help us build NomadsLand (http://nomadsland.com) It is a new
web community devoted to international feature films, documentaries, satire
and music encouraging social change or offering social commentary. We are
currently in our Alpha pre-launch phase but we invite you to take a sneak
peek. If you are a filmmaker, musician or video enthusiast who can tackle
serious topics in an entertaining way, we invite you to check out our site,
join our mailing list and upload your film.
Social Media: Best practices when aggregating videos
by HK (via)The Social Media Podcast & Blog (formerly New Media Musings) is published by the Social Media Group LLC, a social media and video services company founded by JD Lasica. An open media evangelist and strategist, JD is:
• co-founder of Ourmedia
• author of Darknet, a book about the personal media revolution
• a CNET Top 100 Media Blogger
• a podcaster and video blogger
• a dad
Journalistopia » Web sites for citizen journalism techniques, tutorials
by HK (via)A world for online journalists. Come all ye scribes, artists and innovators of the press.
Journalisme collaboratif, incubation d’une nouvelle génération « ecosphere
by HK & 1 other (via)La nouvelle génération abandonne le mirage du “journalisme citoyen” pour assumer un journalisme participatif qui revendique l’encadrement éditorial et la participation. Avec celui du trio de Libération je compte au moins trois ou quatre projets de ce type en France...
2006
cafebabel.com, le magazine européen d'actualité : politique et analyses vues d'Europe
by HK & 1 otherpan-european participatory grassrootsmedia
Mediasnackers | intro
by HKMediaSnackers is a site/weblog/project/call to action for people interested in how young people consume and create media across the globe.