MUST READ!

http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/social-media-citizen-journalism-in-the-1126-mumbai-terror-attacks-a-case-study/

Canada Online - CMRC report

Here's a link to that report on canadian's news media habit that Rehana brought up in class today:

http://www.cmrcccrm.ca/en/projects/CanadaOnlineTheInternetMediaandEmergingTechnologies.htm

Monetizing twitter?

Glam launched a widget on its home page that let users tweet their thoughts about the Oscars. But Glam’s stream is different from a standard Twitter stream (#Oscars) because Glam edits it. Glam’s entertainment editors decide which users are allowed to tweet in the stream and culls those who post what it feels are inappropriate comments. This way, Glam says, advertisers can get comfortable with the conversation. As a result, Glam has been able to sell sponsorship of the Oscars widget to Aveeno, a woman’s beauty brand.

http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/22/glam-edits-oscars-twitter-feed-and-makes-money/

GroundReport - a citizen journalism platform

Very interesting concept - check it out:

http://www.groundreport.com/content.php?section=about

And here's a specific post about their coverage of the Mumbai attacks:

http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/GroundReport-Mumbai-Coverage-in-the-Media

Read this right now

Forget Micropayments -- Here's a Far Better Idea for Monetizing Content
While Time magazine and others claim the answer lies in asking readers to pay in small increments, that model will only hasten newspapers' death spiral. Instead, consider what may prove to be the solution: a California start-up called Kachingle.


http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003940234

Picture production example

Hey gang;

Just wanted to share this piece of entertainment production. I like how it goes full screen after a click on a thumbnail ( and then you can choose to downsize it) and you control the length of time spent on each picture (no flash) during a cappella audio. It gave context (instead of drop down text) that was simple but effective. Fab pics too.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/20090205-great-performers/

Theresa

breaking pictures and videos uploaded here!

Hey guys!

Here's a website my reporter friend uses for her video blogs...basically you can upload videos, pics for slideshows, and even a combination of both...by dragging and droppping....then click on produce!

Then we can embedd the HTML code on our website...looks like this could be a fast and easy way to add breaking multi-media news coverage to our site! You can also upload stuff directly from webcams and cellphones too.

Check it out.

http://www.kyte.tv/mobile/index.html

Some challenges with UGC we should consider in our plan

In case you havn't read this already on J-source

http://jsource.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=3300&utm_campaign=Now%20on%20J-Source%3A%20Building%20community%20online%3B%20leaks%2C%20lies%20and%20lessons%20from%20the%20Arar%20case%3B%20news%20site%20set%20for%20Spring%20launch&utm_content=riva.finkelstein@ryerson.ca&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Link%20to%20article

Funding contest

Maybe we should be doing this:
New Voices 2009

Too bad the deadline for proposals is Feb. 12. I doubt we could get something together in time for that.

What another J-School class did

NewsMixer. Interesting idea. Attractive execution. I'd love to hear more about the process they went through to create it.

Check it out.

More on the future of newspapers

J-Source has good links to discussion of possible business models to save newspapers today. I vote that we nationalize ours and run them as break-even non-profits.