Comments on: A Citizen Journalist at Logan Airport http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7635 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:50:35 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7635 By the way, just for the record, Doc Searls (wonderful guy that he is) is most assuredly not a "citizen" when it comes to journalism: "Searls has been a journalist since high school, both as an editor and as a freelance writer. His byline as appeared in OMNI, PC Magazine, Upside, The Globe & Mail, and (of course) Linux Journal, where he serves as Senior Editor." By the way, just for the record, Doc Searls (wonderful guy that he is) is most assuredly not a “citizen” when it comes to journalism:

“Searls has been a journalist since high school, both as an editor and as a freelance writer. His byline as appeared in OMNI, PC Magazine, Upside, The Globe & Mail, and (of course) Linux Journal, where he serves as Senior Editor.”

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7379 Jon Garfunkel Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:29:15 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7379 Ugh. It's difficult for me to measure Doc's story. How many people were alerted by his reporting? What time did the local Boston affiliates catch this story? Who did it reach? What's the lesson here? Should everyone tote their laptop and try to post to a blog when news is breaking? Doc had trouble doing that. Or is it more conveninent for people to take a picture, type out a text message, and send it to someone who can process it and broadcast it (i.e., New England Cable News)? Ugh. It’s difficult for me to measure Doc’s story. How many people were alerted by his reporting? What time did the local Boston affiliates catch this story? Who did it reach?

What’s the lesson here? Should everyone tote their laptop and try to post to a blog when news is breaking? Doc had trouble doing that. Or is it more conveninent for people to take a picture, type out a text message, and send it to someone who can process it and broadcast it (i.e., New England Cable News)?

]]> By: tish grier http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7315 tish grier Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:30:33 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/13/a-citizen-journalist-at-logan-airport/#comment-7315 I sometimes think that what we have going on is, in part, a re-naming of things by how they are used in new media. When I think about the projets I've done in the past six months--from publishing in print and online, to some "citizen journalism" on the DOPA legislation picked up on Daily Kos and Raw Story--it all makes me think that maybe, in some cases, what is "citizen journalism" is actually freelancing in a new medium. Which then begs the question--is a freelance journalist in new media (internte publications/blogs) less of a freelance journalist than someone who publishes in print? Or is the citizen journalist not a freelance journalist if he/she does not get paid for one's work? Still, makes me think a bit, too, about the types of people who do these things--maybe it's that there are more of folks who are journalists at heart than they themselves might have realized. It may not be that journalism is now part of the ordinary, but that there are more outlets for the "natural" journalist. I sometimes think that what we have going on is, in part, a re-naming of things by how they are used in new media. When I think about the projets I’ve done in the past six months–from publishing in print and online, to some “citizen journalism” on the DOPA legislation picked up on Daily Kos and Raw Story–it all makes me think that maybe, in some cases, what is “citizen journalism” is actually freelancing in a new medium.

Which then begs the question–is a freelance journalist in new media (internte publications/blogs) less of a freelance journalist than someone who publishes in print? Or is the citizen journalist not a freelance journalist if he/she does not get paid for one’s work?

Still, makes me think a bit, too, about the types of people who do these things–maybe it’s that there are more of folks who are journalists at heart than they themselves might have realized. It may not be that journalism is now part of the ordinary, but that there are more outlets for the “natural” journalist.

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