A video intro to Citizen Journalism
A group of students at Cambridge Community Television took on a class project in a video production class: a short documentary on Citizen Journalism. The documentary they produced puts many “professional” efforts to shame - it’s an impressive, creative and well-produced introduction to the field of citizen’s media, with a focus on projects in the Boston area. It’s viewable online and features a number of smart citizen’s media people, including Steve Garfield, Lisa Williams and Bill Densmore, as well as yours truly. Check it out.
(Personally, I prefer the term “citizen’s media”, as much of what’s most interesting to me isn’t journalism, but people expressing opinion, talking about their lives, etc. But hey, it’s an excellent piece and probably all for the best that no one wasted time arguing terminology…)
August 18th, 2006 at 3:45 am
[...] A Documentary on Citizen Journalism In a recent post on the My Heart’s in Accra blog, there’s a link to an interesting video on the blog phenomenon. Created for a project documentary class at Cambridge Community Television, Citizen Journalism: From Pamphlet to Blog is currently hosted on blip.tv, a video sharing site. The video positions blogging in the context of a long history of U.S. citizen or community-based media, like pamphleting and zines. The documentary provides a snapshot of citizen media development in the local Boston area, such as a city council member using video blogs. While addressing the digital divide, the relationship with mainstream media sources, and censorship, Citizen Journalism documents the utility of blogging for community-based action campaigns and connecting global communities working on similar issues. [...]