Citizen Journalism and New Journalism
Connecting citizens and journalists with YouTube Direct
YouTube’s video platform has enabled a new generation of content creators to connect with billions of viewers every day. There’s a great opportunity for organizations …
YouTube Reporters Center Channel
Go to http://www.youtube.com/user/reporterscenter You need not visit every video, but instead select at least 4 videos to view. They may be from the same playlist or …
Clay Shirky on Internet Issues Facing Newspapers
October 2, 2009. Clay Shirky describes the changing news landscape that has put accountability journalism at risk, and outlines a “journalistic ecosystem” that is needed …
Is the Internet what Orwell feared? Evgeny Morozov @ TED
The other side of the argument advanced by Shirky. Morozov, of Belarus, says that dictators use new tech to manage the masses. “TED Fellow and journalist …
The Best Camera is the One You Have With You - Shawn Rocco
N&O photographer, Shawn Rocco fires up Ignite/Raleigh with pictures taken using the best camera — the one you have with you. Nice pictures from a …
James Surowiecki: When social media became news
In this 2006 TED talk, James Surowiecki a UNC grad and author of “The Wisdom of Crowds” who writes a regular column on economics at …
Jurgen Habermas on Deliberative Democracy
In this brief and somewhat rare clip, Habermas — speaking in English — talks about his career, communications, democracy, etc. There is not so much …
Informing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman (1990)
Video from the Internet Archive’s Open Mind series Transcript of his talk here at EFF [...] I do not know very much more about computer technology …
True Enough - Farhad Manjoo @ Google about truthiness
In True Enough, Manjoo presents findings from psychology, sociology, political science, and economics to show how new technologies are prompting the cultural ascendancy of belief …
Social Media explained in Plain English and with cut outs
Not only does this video do a good and simple overview of social media and by extension citizen media, the way in which they tell …









