alternative media and citizen journalism

CitizenJournalismWhy now, Why Me, and Why Bother

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Alternative Roots

Alternative To what?

The Mainstream

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MSM Characteristics

AcCess to Power

Sponsors

Parachute in Reporters

Objectivity

Strict Rules and Conventions

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MSM (Cont.)

Few OUtlets, Even Fewer Owners

Top Down Management

Appeal to LCD (aka Infotainment)

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Alternative Media

Alternative to the mainstream

Personal Stake in Issues

Alternative TOpics

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(Cont.)

Freedom of Style

Bottom Up Management

Alternative Business Models

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Which LEads to...

Freedom to Choose Topics

No Experience? No Problem!

Many tools available (tech)

You Creation, Your Art

Portfolio that Speaks for itself

CITIZEN JOURNALISM

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Drawbacks

Lack the Resources of MEdia ORgs

Lack of working structure

LAck of Name recognition

If a Tree Falls...

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All Equal on the net?

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Basic Formats

Text: Blogs, online magazines, etc.

Audio: POdcasts

Video: Videoblogs (beyond Youtube)

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Some Examples

videojournalist.nl

ryanishungry.com

Radioopensource.org

aliveinbaghdad.org

West Africa Wins Alwaysnofoodforlazyman.blogspot.com

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Relating to Journalists:

Receptive and happy to cooperate

On some level, Envious

curious for their own work

Sometimes, completely unwilling to talk

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Work-Life Balance

Never Not working

Never Working

Affording the costs

Jobs that do or don’t respect your work

A-Typical, many colleagues have stopped

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Work-Life Balance (2)

Invitations from organizations, Conferences and SchoolS

Enthusiastic Audience provides

Jobs, I get hired because of my site

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Geography

Advantage of NOT having to BE there

Living at a crossroads for international travel & work

Language less of a concern

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The UNKnown Future

Can we survive?

Will we be colonized?

Does the world benefit?

The End

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