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Citizen journalism at the Brisbane Club

Posted by jason on 7 May 2008
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Nice post by Graham over at Ambit Gambit on Brendan Nelson’s shaky performance at the Brisbane Club yesterday.

I guess I should disclose again that Graham is a colleague in our Industry Linkage Project. Putting that aside, this is the kind of blogging that I’d nominate as citizen journalism, as distinct from gatewatching metacommentary on the MSM agenda. Graham has gone into a forum where the MSM either can’t or won’t go and has given us a stylish, first-hand snapshot of Brendan Nelson’s current efforts to sell himself and his agenda to a sceptical electorate.

(I’d suggest that if a Liberal leader has trouble convincing the audience at the Brisbane Club, he’s likely to have ongoing trouble, but that’s by the by).

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  1. Gari Sullivan
    January 17th, 2012 at 16:34 | #1
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    Hi there,
    I have just sent a copy of this message to Dr. Bruns after coming across a paper he wrote on the subject of citizen journalism in the 2007 election.

    I am a citizen journalist, who reported in Syria last year (sometimes being the only Western ‘reporter’).

    I am giving a talk in Brisbane at the Square Library on the subject of citizen journalism this Saturday 21st from 1:30pm.Its the final stage of my 4 month tour of Australia and New Zealand. Because of your interest in citizen journalism, I wondered if you would be interested in attending my talk. There will be a Q&A session at the end, which I hope, will turn into an interesting debate on the future of citizen journalism.

    In my talks, I argue that most people do not understand the power of citizen journalism, so they don’t realise they are diminishing that power and control of the news agenda by using social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube.

    My talks draw on my personal experience of reporting as a citizen journalist and from the two years of research I have carried out on the subject. It focuses on the role of broadcasters have in the development of citizen journalism, but also looks at the interest from governments.

    If you are interested in knowing more about me and my talks, please visit my website http://GariSullivan.co.uk or send me an email.

    I would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss our findings in citizen journalism.

    Many Thanks

    Gari Sullivan

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