Posted in General on October 4th, 2006 by Heather B
An article in USA Today documents the apparently-increasing trend in bringing bloggers to court. From the piece:
Legal analysts say the lawsuits are challenging a mind-set that has long surrounded blogging: that most bloggers essentially are “judgment-proof” because they—unlike traditional media such as newspapers, magazines and television outlets—often are ordinary citizens who don’t have a lot of money.
October 4th, 2006
Posted in General on October 4th, 2006 by Heather B
Slashdot published a Q&A with Jay Rosen that is definitely worth a read on the subject of citizen journalism.
October 4th, 2006
Posted in General on August 31st, 2006 by sachem_head
The past few days, I’ve gotten notices of new items in the comments of Citizen Media on my RSS reader, both under the iBrattleboro interview post, both having something to do with Paris Hilton, that when I popped over to the site, weren’t there. Are we getting robo comments?
The second thing I think of when that little RSS message comes up is that there hasn’t been much chatter here. Heather and I met a while back and expressed a will between us to keep meeting. Is anyone else monitoring this site and is there a wider will to continue meeting and generate some Western Mass blogging cameraderie?
August 31st, 2006
Posted in General on July 26th, 2006 by Tish G
If anyone’s interested, Sept 9-10 are the dates for Podcamp Boston. Registration list is here
July 26th, 2006
Posted in Research on July 21st, 2006 by Tish G
A new survey on blogging released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that only 34% of bloggers consider themselves journalists…
76% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to document their personal experiences and share them with others.
64% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to share practical knowledge or skills with others.
“Blogs are as individual as the people who keep them, but this survey shows that most bloggers are primarily interested in creative, personal expression,” said senior research analyst Amanda Lenhart. “Blogs make it easy to document individual experiences, share practical knowledge, or just keep in touch with friends and family.”
“Much of the public and press attention to bloggers has focused on the small number of high-traffic, A-list bloggers,” said Associate director Susannah Fox. “By asking a wide range of bloggers what they do and why they do it, we have found a different kind of story about the power of the internet to encourage creativity and community among all kinds of internet users.”
July 21st, 2006
Posted in General on July 10th, 2006 by Tish G
Here’s some info on the citizen journalism un-conference that Dan Gillmor’s planning at Harvard/Berkman Ctr. for Aug. 7….
July 10th, 2006
Posted in General on July 5th, 2006 by sachem_head
I attended the Media Giraffe conference at UMass on Friday and saw Tish and Heather. Now that it is passed, I’m hoping that we will continue our work to create community in the Western Massachusetts blogosphere. The summer is always a tricky time to navigate, with vacations and all, but is there a will to have a next meeting?
July 5th, 2006
Posted in General on June 14th, 2006 by sachem_head
I have officially signed up for the 6/30 Media Giraffe local bloggers meetup track. Who else will be there?
Also, see my story in the Valley Advocate on the conference.
June 14th, 2006
Posted in General on June 8th, 2006 by sachem_head
Heather, again: thanks. Your persistence in getting this group to go is very welcome. It was great to meet you in person yesterday and also with Tish and Bronwen. I blogged about it here. Tish, you talked yesterday a little bit about community and the community aspect of blogging and I think that’s definitely part of the attraction for me. So I’m glad that we were able to get together. And I was doubly glad to get drawn over to Open Square for the first time. Holyoke is a very interesting city.
June 8th, 2006
Posted in General on June 6th, 2006 by Heather B
Reminder, we set up a little citizen media types coffee meetup on Wednesday, June 7, 10:30 am at Open Square’s Black Sheep Deli, in Holyoke. Be there or be open square.
June 6th, 2006
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