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Citizen journalism Archive
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Can armchair auditors scrutinise public spending?
It looks like the government’s cost-cutting agenda is dovetailing nicely with the rise of citizen journalism. Abolishing the Audit Commission in August, Communities minister Eric Pickles called for an army of ‘armchair auditors’ to help scrutinise public spending in future. The minister may have in mind the likes of Adrian Short, who runs Armchair Auditor, [...] -
American innovations fill news gap
A round of awards for journalistic innovation from the US highlight some of the emerging solutions to the crisis in news reporting. This year’s Knight-Batten Innovation Awards run by J-Lab, which promote the use of digital technology to get people involved in public life, rewards some path-breaking initiatives. The winner of the top prize Sunlight [...] -
Citizen journalism fails to fill news gap
Blogs and community websites may complement news from traditional providers, but they aren’t filling the ‘information shortfall’ created by the crisis in the media, research from the US shows. This conclusion, drawn by researchers at the Missouri School of Journalism, is likely to apply equally here in the UK. But just as the British crisis [...] -
National media feed off hyperlocals, claims start-up
In the second of a series of case studies of hyperlocals, NMJ looks at Pits n Pots, the site with a reputation for hard-hitting political coverage of Stoke- on-Trent If the experience of Pits n Pots is anything to go by, the path to successful hyperlocalism never runs smooth. The site was born of a [...]