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Too good to be true: As citizens produce their own paper
Gießener-THEY work hard to produce the Gießener Zeitung. All 3, 500 of them. And they are all citizen reporters. Read more…
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- RT @joVog: Done! Vuvox Experiment über IIJ-FAZ Medienkonferenz 2010 ist im Kasten http://www.jovoeg.de/?p=554 @iij10 [link]
- Check our website for reports of the conference #iij10 [link]
- Debate on CJ remains but there is a general consensus that it is becoming more and more a feature of the news process #iij10 [link]
- CJ should cooperate with traditional media as part of news gathering; ethical issues remain a sticky point #iij10 [link]
- Panelist D’Inka: High quality journalism will be the key to the future #iij10 [link]
- Panelist Islam: Media should trust its readers and open their platforms to the former to post comments and contribute to the news #iij10 [link]
- Panelist Kuttab: Citizen journalists should integrate with mainstream media and not abuse their power of expression;maintain ethics #iij10 [link]
- Panelist Kavuma: When there’s a crisis use of Facebook, SMS becomes more crucial especially in countries without free press #iij10 [link]
- Panelist Kuttab: Loss of credibility due to lack of information regulation; people are making informed choices on whom to trust #iij10 [link]
- Panelist Kavuma: CJ will force us to think what is important for us #iij10 [link]
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