Comments on: We Media: Citizen Journalism Forum (Session 3) http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/05/we-media-citizen-journalism-forum-session-3/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » Blogging a conference I’m not even attending… http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/05/we-media-citizen-journalism-forum-session-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 …My heart’s in Accra » Blogging a conference I’m not even attending… Wed, 03 May 2006 15:45:07 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=714#comment-1264 [...] Neha, our South Asia editor, is upset that, in defending blogs, many seem to end up critiquing “breakfast blogs” and emphasizing the good, journalistic blogs out there. (I’ll own up to using this line of defense. I too often throw the mommy bloggers to the wolves in explaining blogs to journalists and NGOs…) It’s also important we understand that bloggers aren’t responsible for each other. The same way Guardian isn’t responsible for what the BBC does. It’s sad if journalism as a profession feels threatened by citizen journalism. But if it makes them clean up their act - Oh! Why not? It is unfortunate that people who support citizen journalism have to feel so defensive in a forum that was supposed to engage the two camps. I feel like they’ve divided them up even further. [...] [...] Neha, our South Asia editor, is upset that, in defending blogs, many seem to end up critiquing “breakfast blogs” and emphasizing the good, journalistic blogs out there. (I’ll own up to using this line of defense. I too often throw the mommy bloggers to the wolves in explaining blogs to journalists and NGOs…) It’s also important we understand that bloggers aren’t responsible for each other. The same way Guardian isn’t responsible for what the BBC does. It’s sad if journalism as a profession feels threatened by citizen journalism. But if it makes them clean up their act – Oh! Why not? It is unfortunate that people who support citizen journalism have to feel so defensive in a forum that was supposed to engage the two camps. I feel like they’ve divided them up even further. [...]

]]> By: Strange Attractor http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/05/we-media-citizen-journalism-forum-session-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 Strange Attractor Wed, 03 May 2006 14:27:40 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=714#comment-1263 <strong>WeMedia: Accountabiliby and quality...</strong> Neha, part of the brilliant Global Voices network, had this brilliant post about Citizen Journalism, a term that I really don’t like for a number of reasons I can’t write about now, but will later. Here’s what Neha has to...... WeMedia: Accountabiliby and quality…

Neha, part of the brilliant Global Voices network, had this brilliant post about Citizen Journalism, a term that I really don’t like for a number of reasons I can’t write about now, but will later. Here’s what Neha has to……

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