http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=523 Charlie Beckett comments on international journalism, media and society Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=523&cpage=1#comment-7651 Socialreporter | Citizen journalism: what if no-one comes? Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:53:46 +0000 http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=523#comment-7651 [...] Charlie confronts it directly in Social media participation: what if no-one comes?, after listening to Richard Sandbrook, Global News Director of the BBC: The fundamental assumptions of this conference are that new media technology is changing journalism and offers the opportunity for a more participatory and democratic form of news communication. The people gathered are serious and informed realists who are active media producers as well as thinkers. Richard is a good example, look at how the BBC has strived to include more UGC and include the public in the process. We all want this to work. We all want more citizen journalism as part of the news media. [...] [...] Charlie confronts it directly in Social media participation: what if no-one comes?, after listening to Richard Sandbrook, Global News Director of the BBC: The fundamental assumptions of this conference are that new media technology is changing journalism and offers the opportunity for a more participatory and democratic form of news communication. The people gathered are serious and informed realists who are active media producers as well as thinkers. Richard is a good example, look at how the BBC has strived to include more UGC and include the public in the process. We all want this to work. We all want more citizen journalism as part of the news media. [...]

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