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Andrew Lih at Citizen Journalism Unconference

Andrew Lih, a major Wikipedian and former Columbia and Hong Kong University new media professor, on what would be the ideal toolset for citizen journalism, and what’s still missing from the toolset. From the Citizen Journalism Unconference 2006 proceedings at Harvard Law School.

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Add comment August 8th, 2006

Lisa Williams at Citizen Journalism Unconference

Lisa Williams, who runs the H2otown blog covering Watertown, Mass., on local sites and how they work best. See The Thousand Placeblog Bet for more on the discussion. From the Citizen Journalism Unconference 2006 proceedings at Harvard Law School.

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Center for Citizen Media: Conversation with Brittney Gilbert of Nashvilleistalking.com

Special to AudioBerkman: What happens when a local TV news station starts becoming a nodal point for the local blogosphere? WKRN/News 2 of Nashville, TN is finding out. WKRN calls Nashvilleistalking.com — a human-edited aggregation of Nashville’s blogs — “part of its ongoing commitment to listen.” One remarkable result has been the stable of weekend hosts, local bloggers who are paid $100 to keep the blog ticking over Saturday and Sunday. Last week’s host was Kevin Barbieux, who despite homelessness, keeps a blog on his daily experiences in Nashville at The Homeless Guy.

On this inaugural podcast from the Center for Citizen Media, Nashvilleistalking.com‘s chief listener, Brittney Gilbert, talks to fellow hyperlocal blogger Lisa Williams of H2otown.info.

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Produced by Lisa Williams for the Center for Citizen Media.

Attribution: Music from this episode of the Center for Citizen Media Podcast was sampled from a track by Revolution Void, titled “Accelerated Lifestyle”.

Add comment July 21st, 2006