A narcissistic and perhaps educational presentation given by Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka bicyclemark. Longtime citizen journalist and independent media creator. Presented at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

1. Text
Citizen Journalism
and Today’s Internet
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2. Introduction
Defining Citizen Journalism
Who?
How?
Why?
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3. Introduction
grassroots journalism
networked journalism
open source journalism
citizen media
participatory journalism
hyperlocal journalism
bottom-up journalism
stand-alone journalism
distributed journalism
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4. The Right
Conditions
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5. The Right
Conditions
Media Consolidation
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6. The Right
Conditions
Media Consolidation
Disconnect with the Public
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7. The Right
Conditions
Media Consolidation
Disconnect with the Public
Affordable Technology
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8. The Right
Conditions
Media Consolidation
Disconnect with the Public
Affordable Technology
New Easy Publishing Tools
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9. The Right
Conditions
Media Consolidation
Disconnect with the Public
Affordable Technology
New Easy Publishing Tools
Universality:Languages &
Standards
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10. My Evolution
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11. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
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12. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
Sought to be published
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13. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
Sought to be published
Hate the gatekeepers
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14. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
Sought to be published
Hate the gatekeepers
Good with tech
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15. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
Sought to be published
Hate the gatekeepers
Good with tech
Huge life network
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16. My Evolution
Worked for newspaper
Sought to be published
Hate the gatekeepers
Good with tech
Huge life network
Curiosity and concern
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17. Personal Publishing
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18. Personal Publishing
Websites (1990’s)
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19. Personal Publishing
Websites (1990’s)
Blogs (1998 - Present)
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20. Personal Publishing
Websites (1990’s)
Blogs (1998 - Present)
Podcasts (A/V)
Audio (2004 -Present)
Video (2005 - Present)
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21. http://www.freevlog.org/content/citizen-journalism-introduction
Freevlog.org - Citizenjournalism
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22. Web2.0, the most annoying buzz word ever!
Social Networking
Evolution, from Friendster to
Facebook
Useful for disseminating info
Social Bookmarking
Organizing and Collectively
Researching
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23. New Communication Tools
Twitter
140 characters
Public, private
1 to 1, 1 to many, 1 towards 1;
with many listening along
For text, audio, and video
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24. Iran and Twitter
A tool for both Journalism and Activism
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25. Old Media -
New Media
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26. Old Media -
New Media
Source
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27. Old Media -
New Media
Source
Pool of Talent
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28. Old Media -
New Media
Source
Pool of Talent
Competition
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29. Old Media -
New Media
Source
Pool of Talent
Competition
Nuisance
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30. http://www.time.com/time/video/player/
0,32068,41728494001_1925792,00.html
Ze Frank for Time Magazine
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31. A Vision of the Future
Can citizen journalists afford to do their work?
Will the public give them the same respect?
Can a balance exist between traditional media orgs and
individual independent citizen journalists
Will censorship against personal publishing expand?
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32. Questions for myself
Will I be able to stay free (to choose topics, take time, etc)
Will I end up working for an established media org
Will I enter into some collaboration with something larger
Will I make a larger impact than the one I make now.
Will I be able to afford my future life.
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33. citizenreporter.org
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