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"Citizen Media:
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Plug Gaps in Local News"
at UNITY '08
Friday, July 25, 2008
McCormick Place West • Chicago
 

Sponsored by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Supported by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

Around the world, ordinary readers and viewers are contributing photos, video and their own forms of citizen journalism to the news and information landscape. From placeblogs to hyperlocal Web sites, these ventures are gaining momentum, supplementing breaking-news stories, filling voids in local news, and delivering a new competition to mainstream media.

Audio Slideshows:

  • Suzanne McBride
     Professor, Columbia College Chicago Journalism Department
     Co-founder, ChicagoTalks.org

 

  • Abdirahman Aynte
     Correspondent, BBC World Service

 

  • Bruce Koon
     News Director, KQED-FM Public Radio, San Francisco

 

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American University's School of Communication in Washington, D.C.

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