Your Media, Our Media, We Media

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Your Media, Our Media, We Media

• The Era of
• Participatory Journalism

Jan Schaffer, Director, jans_at_j-lab.org
J-Lab The Institute for Interactive Journalism
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New Roles for Citizens

• Competitor
• Counterpoint
• Watchdog
• Guidedog
• Civic Player
• Creative Writers, poets

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Avenues for Participation

• Tipster, Source
• Correspondent, Reporter
• Writer, Storyteller
• Columnist, Blogger
• Photographer, Videographer
• Expert
• Movie Maker
• Listserv participant

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Tipping Points

• OhMyNews, S. Korea
• 2004 NorthwestVoice.com
• 2004 Elections
• A-List Bloggers
• Breaking News
• Dec. 2004, S.Asia tsunami
• July 7, 2005, London bombing
• Sept. 2005, Hurricane Katrina

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www.ohmynews.com
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NorthwestVoice.com
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2004 Presidential Elections

• Venues for Citizen Participation

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Truthsquading www.factcheck.org
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Remixes Deans Scream
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Fahrenheit 9/ll
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MoveOn.org Bush ads
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MoveOns Childs Play
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http//www.electionguide04.com/
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AOL Minister of Fear http//aolsvc.news.aol.com/e
lections/article.adp?id20040714210209990006
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Passive Spectators of Civic Freak Show?

• Or
• Active Participants in Self-Governing Society?

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A-List Bloggers - Breaking News
www.talkingpoints.com
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Powerline.com
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www.memoryhole.com
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Breaking News Citizen Content

• Catastrophes,
• Events

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Citizen Eyewitness Accounts
www.msnbc.com
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BBCs Eyewitness Accounts
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MSNBC.com Citizen Pope Photos
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London Bombings

• First 24 hours, eyewitnesses sent the BBC
• Over 20,000 e-mails
• 1,000 photos
• 20 videos in 24 hours.
• 1,500 photos posted on Flickr.

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Architecture of Participation

• For a Culture of Contribution

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Participatory Trends

• Breaking News
• Watchdogging News
• Watchdogging Govt
• Reporting Micro-local News

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Future News

• Story Making
• vs.
• Story Telling

www.j-lab.org
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Story Making 2 ways to participate

• Internal Consuming stories people make
• External Making the stories people consume

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Internal Story Making

• How do you
• get your news?

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Internal Story Making Individuals gt News
Aggregators

• Newspapers, Headlines, Photos
• Radio, TV
• Internet, Blogs
• Emails
• Cell Phones
• Comedy

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www.dailykos.com
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Jim Romeneskos blog
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Cell Phone, E-Mail Alerts
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Jon Stewarts Daily Show
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External Story MakingInteractive Content

• Blogs
• News Exercises
• Email Correspondents
• Citizen Journalists
• Hyperlocal citizens media

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Future News

• For Journalists
• Deconstructing Stories
• Build the components
• that help users
• co-author the story

www.j-lab.org
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Future News

• For Citizens
• Helping to Construct Stories
• Contributing components
• that help users
• co-author the story

www.j-lab.org
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Interactive Entry Points

• News Blogs
• Searchable databases
• Games, exercises
• Interactive Storytelling

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Participatory Trends

• Breaking News
• Watchdogging News
• Watchdogging Govt
• Reporting Micro-local News

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Participatory Motivators

• Govt Checks Balances
• Build connections
• Build Communities
• Build better citizens
• Conversation/Dialogue

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Mainstream Media Blogs

• Beat Blogs
• Breaking News Blogs, Moblogs
• Editor, Editorial Pages
• Community Contributors

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Spokesmanreview.com
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Greensboro NR Blog Menu
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Greensboro News Record
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Mobile Phones Moblogs
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Future News

• News Experiences
• vs.
• News Stories

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Readership Institutewww.readership.org

• Key News Experiences
• Looks out for my civic, personal interests
• Makes me smarter
• Give me something to talk about

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Readership Institute

• Recommendations
• Create experiences
• Tweak less, innovate more

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Early InteractionsTown Meetings
www.j-lab.org
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Mock Juries Civic Journalism
www.j-lab.org
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Future News

• Web site
• Not just something you READ
• Something you DO

www.j-lab.org
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Databases chicagocrime.org
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Databases Search by route
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Crimes at ATMs
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Calculators
www.j-lab.org
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Clickable Maps
www.j-lab.org
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Gotham Gazette
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Miami Skyline Clickable Map
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Chinese Proverb

• I hear and I forget.
• I see and I remember.
• I do and I understand.

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Minnesota Public Radio
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Wash Posts Lean Plate Club
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KQEDs You Decide
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KQEDs You Decide
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Are you sure?
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KU Coach Manginos Clipboard
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KUs Jayhawks
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USATODAY.com Sing my Song
http//www.usatoday.com/life/graphics/new_song/fla
sh.htm
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Hyperlocal Citizens Media

• (HLCMS)

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Collectively, my readers know more than I do.

• --Dan Gillmor
• Author, We the Media

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Citizen Content

• Breaking News, real time
• Missed news, truthsquading
• New definitions news
• Hyperlocal information
• Commentary, Conversation
• Individual Expertise
• Civic Activism

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Pablo Boczkowski

• News
• Moving from being journalist-centered, a
  monologue and primarily local, to being
  increasingly audience-centered, part of multiple
  conversations and micro-local

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Citizen Media Originators

• Community start-ups
• Philanthropic ventures
• Individual start-ups
• Venture capital-backed
• Mainstream media

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Community Start-ups
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GothamGazette.com
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Voiceofsandiego.com
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Individual Start-ups
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Barista.net - Montclair, NJDebbie Galant, NYT
Jersey columnist
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NewWest.net
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Coastsider.com
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iBrattleboro.com
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LiveFromArlington.com
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WestportNOW.com
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J-School Start-ups
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MyMissourian.com
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Mainstream Media Start-ups
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NorthwestVoice.com
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Bakotopia.com
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YourHub.com - Brighton, CO
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YourHub.com - 42 Denver neighborhoods
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BlufftonToday.com - S.C.
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BlufftonToday.com - Issues
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Venture Capital Start-ups
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Backfence.com - Reston, VA
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Backfence.com - Bethesda
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Foundation-Backed Start-ups
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www.J-NewVoices.com
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New Voices Spotlights
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The Forum, Deerfield, NH
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Forumhome.org
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Twin Cities Daily Planet
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Twin Cities Daily Planet
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MadisonCommons.org
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Citizen Journalists Boot Camp
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LoudounForward.com
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J-Learning.orgHow-to Community Journalism
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How to put photos online
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J-Learning.org - Databases
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New Media Focus on

• Speed
• Delivery Platform
• Mix
• Revenue
• Moving Parts

www.j-lab.org
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US vs. THEM
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Me-Too News

• More Noise

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Instead focus on Connections
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Attachment, Involvement

• Meaningful Information

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Build Connections
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Less Noise

• More Meaningful
• Interaction

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• The Institute for Interactive Journalism

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