The Center For International Media Assistance has an outstanding resource for journalists and others concerned about censorship, online media and press freedoms with their Weekly Media Mash Up.
The Mash Up has covers a wide range of topics and events and is a comprehensive list and link to news reports, training, technical tips and a host of other information. There is something in it for all journalists
Digital journalists in all parts of the world will find the section on Digital Media News particularly useful and interesting.
If you work online then this is a service well worth getting on the list for as can be seen in the following extract from the current Mash Up.
Digital Media News Affecting Journalists and Activists
The Data Journalism Handbook
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18YOaGj0LyRn6x1tcCH2wIWHYqwnMiDCGInbV…
BAMBUSER: How to Use Bambuser to Live-Stream your News Content
WECT reporter and anchor Michelle Li explains how her newsroom uses Bambuser to live-stream footage and engage with viewers. (Mobile Media Toolkit, 10/18)
http://www.mobilemediatoolkit.org/how-use-bambuser-live-stream-your-news…
Media, Youth Activism & Participatory Politics: Case Studies in a Digital Age
The growing use of digital media for social change is nourishing a dialogue about its impact on young people’s involvement in civic and political affairs. The Media Activism Participatory Politics (MAPP) project, an undertaking of the MacArthur Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP), was created to further that conversation by examining youth-led organizations that encourage productive forms of participation in the public sphere. The undocumented youth movement serves as a key example of how young people are appropriating the affordances of digital media to empower themselves and their community. (DML Central, 11/4)
http://www.dmlcentral.net/blog/whitney-burke/media-youth-activism-partic…
PROJECT BYZANTIUM: Tools Spotlight: Project Byzantium
The goal of Project Byzantium is to develop a communication system by which users can connect to each other and share information in the absence of convenient access to the Internet. (Digital Rights Watch, 11/7)
http://digitalrightswatch.org/?p=14977
TABLEAU PUBLIC: Spotlight on: Tableau Public
VIDEO: Tableau Public is a data visualisation tool that enables users to condense complex datasets into simple and easy to read graphs, which allow for better understanding of the datasets.
Tableau is a helpful resource that can be used by journalists, bloggers, advocates, researchers, professors and students alike to look at a story from another perspective and give it a fresh new angle. (European Journalism Center, 11/7)
http://www.ejc.net/resources/featured/tableau_public/
Advice for Colleagues on the Digital Front Lines
If you’re running a website that’s come under attack, or is likely to, here is some advice on how to protect yourself. (Committee to Protect Journalists, 11/9)
http://cpj.org/blog/2011/11/advice-for-colleagues-on-the-digital-front-l…
Eight Tips for Multimedia Journalists
Good multimedia journalism requires multi-tasking journalists who are observant and flexible.
IJNet asked experienced multi-platform reporter Karla Leal about what makes a good multimedia journalist. (ijnet, 11/10)
http://ijnet.org/stories/eight-tips-multimedia-journalists
How Citizen Journalism Is Reshaping Media and Democracy
The global media market is dominated by roughly nine or ten transnational corporations: General Electric, AT&T/Liberty Media, Disney, Time Warner, Sony, News Corporation, Viacom, Seagram and Bertelsmann. However, with the advent of social media and blogging, the role of the citizen journalist is becoming more valuable than ever. He has the opportunity to present a unique perspective – to breathe fresh air into a society herded by mainstream media. (Mashable, 11/10)
http://mashable.com/2011/11/10/citizen-journalism-democracy/
Twitter vs. the KGB
Can social media save a journalist in trouble in a place like Kyrgyzstan? (Foreign Policy, 11/11)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/10/kyrgyzstan_twitter_jour…
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