Archive for the 'Citizen Journalism' Category

Democratic Media Model - Mayor of Ashland

As a model of democratic media in action I have enabled this project within the LocalsGuide website and monthly publication.
This election year in Ashland, Oregon seven individuals decided to run for mayor.
I decided to invite all of them to have a 400 word community introduction in our newspaper which will be followed up […]

The HyperLocal Future

What you think hyperlocal is and why you think the future of it will be so important.
Hyperlocal is essentially the up close study of how society and culture intermingle and connect. It determines how cultures both local, regional, national and global emerge, and it also tracks how culture and society moves.
First off I […]

Yelp Citizen Journalism Model Ready to Go!?

Yelp sits in the drivers seat to unleash one of the world’s most interesting and best citizen journalism prototypes.
With thousand of citizen journalist style real reviews posted daily, and an arsenal of hundreds of thousands of testimonials, Yelp is essentially nothing more than a citizen journalism mecca.
Review site sure, but beyond this it is […]