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New Roles in and for Journalism in Australia, Iraq, and Polynesia


Brisbane.The last AMIC 2008 session this afternoon starts with a paper by my colleague Jason Wilson, our research associate on the Youdecide2007 project and its follow-ups, and he presents especially on the experience and lessons from Youdecide. There may be a need for a structural modification in the role of conventional journalists, and a change [...]

This is my paper on citizen journalism in the Federal Election, and youdecide2007.


I thought I’d put up here my first piece that’s come out of digesting the youdecide2007 experience. This is the draft version of a paper I’ve submitted to an academic journal, though I think it’s accessible enough for anyone with an interest to read. 
It’s reflecting on the forms of cultural labour our small team did [...]

Diary of a preditor - part 1


As well as our regular co-written posts, I thought this blog would be a useful space for some timely practice-based reflections on youdecide2007, and my role there.
Youdecide2007 is the project we’re running with some other folks to create a citizen-led coverage of the 2007 Australian Federal Election.
I’m keenly aware that there are scores [...]