Citizen Journalism | Jeremiah Owyang

Citizen Journalism March 5, 2008March 10, 2008

Ditching the Digital Camera for the Mobile Phone (Onboard camera)

Shifting to Onboard Camera on N95 Just about every year, I drop, lose, break, my camera. This time, I dropped my Canon IS700 in the streets of San Diego, and now it only takes blurry pics. No worries, I squeezed 10,000 (estimated) thousand photos out of that $300 camera, adding to my flickr account of over 22,000 photos. (Insert Asian joke here) I’ve shifted to using the on board 5 megapixel camera on my Nokia N95, and downloaded Shozu, which is a photo/video management tool that lets me seamlessly upload in real-time photos to flickr or any social website of my choosing. It’s a slower process than a point and shoot, but what I make up for convenience of having … Continue readingDitching the Digital Camera for the Mobile Phone (Onboard camera)

Asia, Citizen Journalism, Video October 16, 2007

Video: Rebecca MacKinnon on Online Journalism

Click To Play Hong Kong University professor Rebecca MacKinnon shares her insight on online journalism and recent censorship that MSN did for a blogger. She discusses her online debate with former Microsoft Evangelist Robert Scoble, you can read her analysis, his response, and her response. Rebecca is clearly knowledgeable about this topic area, but I ran out of memory, so the best way to learn more is to subscribe to her blog. Oh, and she certainly impressed me with her ability to handle very spicy food.

Citizen Journalism, User Experience, Web Marketing, Web Strategy Show October 3, 2007October 3, 2007

Web Strategy Show: Josh Hallett on Citizen Journalism and Effective Blog Design

Here’s one of the last Web Strategy Show videos that will be published on this round (new readers: I interviewed the top web and marketing leaders in the industry at PodTech, see archives). Josh Hallett is known in the web marketing and social media fields, and is frequently seen at conferences speaking, sharing, or just taking pictures. Based out of Florida, he’s become a personal contact of mine, and he recently visited me at PodTech in Palo Alto. Josh shares with us at the WeMedia conference on the topic of Citizen Journalism, (1:10). He discusses how we both witnessed Shel Israel pissing off the traditional journalists in the room who are holding on to the old publishing model in a … Continue readingWeb Strategy Show: Josh Hallett on Citizen Journalism and Effective Blog Design

Citizen Journalism, Facebook Strategy August 14, 2007August 25, 2007

Facebook news page gives away son’s taboo party

(Update: The Photo and Video have been removed by request of the Father, who originally sent it to me) Just this morning I posted how kids don’t want to add their parents as friends in Facebook, and provided the handy crises management template. How timely. Here’s the story, my friend added his son in Facebook as a connection, today he saw his son left comments on a photo, and it showed up on the father’s newsfeed. He followed the link to the photos and found out his son had a party at his house (with under age drinking) with many kids, and there were pics to prove. His son had previously told his dad he didn’t have a party, but … Continue readingFacebook news page gives away son’s taboo party

Citizen Journalism, Politics, Web Strategy Show, Web Usage August 13, 2007August 13, 2007

Web Strategy Show: How the One Economy Corporation delivers Information and Power

If you’ve read the Cluetrain Manifesto, you’ll know how the internet empowers individuals and smashes barriers. I had the opportunity to interview Rey Ramsey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the One Economy Corporation, he shares his passion for his program to deliver access to the internet to low-income communities. One of the outputs of the One Economy corporation is the beehive is a community website that provides resources as: “We created the Beehive to be the place to go for information and resources around the things that matter in our lives: money, health, jobs, school and family. And, we’d like you to have a little fun while you’re here so, we’re throwing in some games and quizzes to keep … Continue readingWeb Strategy Show: How the One Economy Corporation delivers Information and Power

Citizen Journalism August 1, 2007August 1, 2007

Web Strategy photos make the San Jose Mercury

This is great, one of my photos from my $300 Canon camera at the Techcrunch party made it to both the Techcrunch wrap up post, and then to the San Jose Mercury (both online and in print). This just goes to show that you don’t need fancy gear to take meaningful shots. For this photo, I snuck up to the top balcony when no one was looking and squeezed off a few shots. I was using the flowers as a foreground for depth in the photo, I adjusted the light settings, and took a half a dozen shots. Later, I came home and desaturated the photo in photoshop, and posted it as my lead picture on my blog. I try … Continue readingWeb Strategy photos make the San Jose Mercury

Citizen Journalism, Community Marketing June 30, 2007June 30, 2007

Delta Airlines has not reacted to citizen media, and hasn’t apologized

I was really hoping that Delta Airlines (newsroom) would apologize after this week’s citizen video raging appearing on YouTube, and the blogosphere. I’ve gone to their website nearly everyday, and have not seen any apology or retribution for the delayed and miserable customers. CC Chapman had a horrible experience in the past, I wonder if anyone apologized to him? What would be an appropriate way to respond? If Delta was my client, I would use similar media to “fight fire with fire”. I’d have a senior executive give a sincere apology and offer the customers a free round trip ticket for their pains. Maybe a live Ustream that allowed a few of the customers to ask questions, and then have … Continue readingDelta Airlines has not reacted to citizen media, and hasn’t apologized