UNITY ‘08: “Citizen Media: Entrepreneurial Ventures Plug Gaps in Local News”

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

DATE(S): July 25, 2008 - Chicago

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J-Lab helps journalists and citizens use digital technologies to develop new ways for people to participate in public life with projects on innovations in journalism, citizen media, news games, interactive stories, entrepreneurship, research, training, and publications.

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