Tag Archives: citizen journalist

The Emerging Future of Crowdsourced Journalismr

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Tom Masters

We are in the midst of a gigantic experiment in journalism – seeing if crowssourcing can work effectively alongside traditonal reporting.  In a post on hte Online Journalism Review, Robert Niles defined crowdsourced journalism in the following way: Crowdsourcing, in … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Online Newspaper Success Story! – An Interview with Tracy Record of the West Seattle Blog

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Tom Masters

The last few years have been especially tough for newspapers in America.  Many papers which have been in business for more than a hundred years have been forced to close their doors for good; this includes one of my hometown … Continue reading →

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