Comments on: OhMyNews expanding http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/04/07/ohmynews-expanding/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/04/07/ohmynews-expanding/#comment-16606 Bene Diction Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:56:32 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2351#comment-16606 Nice blog Neal!:^) I think on local levels it has caught on more, but on national levels people talk more about it than buckle down to the hard work of doing it. And if there is no return (ie: financial, traffic; bloggers for example seem less inclined to take time out of busy schedules and participate) Breaking information on a story occasionally is certainly a form of citizen journalism, but far from all it is. I think as traditional media shifts content delivery we may see a bit more, the need in some places just may not be there. Here are some citizen journalism tips that might interest you: http://www.speroforum.com/wiki/default.aspx/SperoWiki/IdeaToArticleIndex.html Nice blog Neal!:^)
I think on local levels it has caught on more, but on national levels people talk more about it than buckle down to the hard work of doing it.
And if there is no return (ie: financial, traffic; bloggers for example seem less inclined to take time out of busy schedules and participate) Breaking information on a story occasionally is certainly a form of citizen journalism, but far from all it is. I think as traditional media shifts content delivery we may see a bit more, the need in some places just may not be there.
Here are some citizen journalism tips that might interest you:
http://www.speroforum.com/wiki/default.aspx/SperoWiki/IdeaToArticleIndex.html

]]> By: Neal Moore http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/04/07/ohmynews-expanding/#comment-16393 Neal Moore Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2351#comment-16393 I disagree strongly. Traditional media consumption habits are changing, primarily because younger demographic groups are seeking out news and information from alternative sources. Note that I said consumption habits are *changing*, not disappearing. The MSM will continue to play an important role. However, as blogs and camphones have already shown us, there is an emerging importance for this kind of citizen journalism. The most successful MSM will be those entities that move to embrace CJ as an extension of their traditional newsgathering models. CJ should, and I believe will be viewed as a critically important way of connecting with the public, who are afterall the MSM's customers. Visit www.nextnews.org for detailed information about Citizen Journalism. I disagree strongly. Traditional media consumption habits are changing, primarily because younger demographic groups are seeking out news and information from alternative sources. Note that I said consumption habits are *changing*, not disappearing. The MSM will continue to play an important role. However, as blogs and camphones have already shown us, there is an emerging importance for this kind of citizen journalism. The most successful MSM will be those entities that move to embrace CJ as an extension of their traditional newsgathering models. CJ should, and I believe will be viewed as a critically important way of connecting with the public, who are afterall the MSM’s customers.

Visit http://www.nextnews.org for detailed information about Citizen Journalism.

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