citizen journalism

YouTube's latest offering has a direct impact on the rise of citizen journalism

February 01, 2010

NPR.com, The Huffington Post, Politico, and the San Francisco Chronicle are among top outlets to recently sign on for YouTube Direct, a new open source tool that makes it easier for viewers to submit their own news videos to editorial sites.
 

When everybody is a walking ad, there's a heavy price to pay

Rose Gordon January 01, 2010

As the media industry continues its transition to online formats, we're seeing, amid the gloomy closures and layoffs, great creativity in journalism, including tinkering with the business model.
 

Getting caught in the new vs. old media divide

May 08, 2009

"Newspapers look like an endangered species," announced Senator John Kerry at this week’s Senate subcommittee hearing on the serial demise of newspapers. Full of...