Citizens at the Gates pt 1

Join Margaret Duffy, acting dean for Research and Graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, for the first part of a discussion of findings by Missouri, Michigan State and Ohio researchers. The team has been surveying and analyzing the operations and challenges of more than 40 local online news/community sites nationwide and have provocative initial findings about gatekeeping, technology, and legacy news organizations. She discusses their development of a sophisticated social network that is connecting those with needs, resources and shared interests in citizen and community journalism. After the summary, Duffy answers questions and seek feedback regarding the findings and next steps.

To see full length video visit: http://www.archive.org/details/JournalismThatMatters_CitizensAtTheGates

For more info on this project visit:
http://journalismthatmatters.wordpress.com/
or
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• journalism
• media
• citizen
• giraffe
• new
• news
• community
• research
• Duffy