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(Crossposted from snurb.info - for full coverage of the CCi conference, see here.)
Brisbane.The third and last day of the CCi conference starts with a keynote by the fabulous Mark Deuze, author of Media Work. He begins by pointing to Henry Jenkins’s work on convergence culture, and reminds us of the magnitude of that trend. Why [...]

(Crossposted from snurb.info - for full coverage of the CCi conference, see here.)
Brisbane.The post-lunch session at the CCi conference starts for me with a panel on citizen journalism which involves my colleague Jason Wilson from Youdecide2007 (and Gatewatching.org), Larvatus Prodeo’s Mark Bahnisch, and Graham Young from Online Opinion. Their theme is the role of citizen [...]

(Crossposted from snurb.info - for full coverage of the CCi conference, see here.)
Brisbane.The next plenary speaker in this very enjoyable session on day two of the CCi conference is Margaret Simons, asking the question “What are journalists for?” She begins by noting the role of the Australian Press Council, long perceived as a publishers’ poodle, [...]

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Brisbane.We’re now in the final session of the first day at the CCi conference, which I’ll try to chair and blog at the same time - we’ll see how it goes. My colleague Terry Flew is the first presenter, and he begins by [...]

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Brisbane.The next session I’m attending at the CCi conference is also (broadly) on citizen journalism. Andrew Kenyon from the University of Melbourne is the first speaker, and his focus is especially on the legal perspective on journalism as public speech, building on interviews [...]

(Crossposted from snurb.info - for full coverage of the CCi conference, see here.)
Brisbane.We’re now starting the first panel session of the CCi conference, and this is the panel on citizen journalism that my paper is in as well, so I’m including the Powerpoint below (audio to be added later available now).
The first speaker is David [...]

For those of our readers following the US Presidential campaign and wanting to look beyond mainstream coverage, Henry Jenkins has a nice overview of a few citizen journalism projects which aim to provide alternative perspectives on the election race.
It’s nice to see the emphasis on first-hand reporting here (which was also a key aspect of [...]

Journos get a bit of stick in the blogosphere sometimes, but it’s worth remembering that their job requires bravery. Especially in areas afflicted by authoritarian governments, corruption or civil disorder, they often risk their lives simply by doing their jobs. Graphic proof is available on this interactive map from MSN which shows where and when [...]

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The last months have been enormously productive (and, at times, exhausting!) for me. In addition to my own book Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage, I’ve also contributed to a number of other publications - and quite a few of them are now finally available in print and/or online.

In [...]

I got somethin’ in New Matilda today reporting on my recent travels to conferences at home and abroad. There’s a cross-post over the fold, but you should go there instead and read the other stuff on the site while you’re at it.