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| The rise of citizen journalism Jesse Hogan - The Age |
| AMERICAN Al Gibes welcomes the advent of convergence journalism in the modern newsroom - journalists reporting across more than one medium - but warns that the concept could easily fail. Read more >>> |
| Dumbing down the media Eric Beecher - Online Opinion |
| Something quite alarming is happening to serious journalism in Australia. A convergence of economic, technological and societal trends is conspiring to threaten mainstream quality media in an unprecedented way. Read more >>> |
| Wikinews: The Next Generation of Alternative Online News? Axel Bruns - SCAN |
| If there still remained doubts about the continuing importance of and interest in news in what have been said to be increasingly apathetic and entertainment-driven Western societies, they can be seen to have been dispelled to some extent by the rise of alternative online news in dedicated news Websites from Indymedia to Slashdot, and the frequent discussions of newsworthy local, national, and global events in the wider blogosphere.
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The rapid evolution of new media delivery technologies such as the internet combined with globalisation and the increasing worldwide demand for news services is transforming journalistic production. The integration of multiple news interfaces online (print stories alongside streaming vision and audio) means that journalists require more than an ability to spot a story and write it up. The reporters for MOTIF (students in HAM420 at Swinburne University) are learning how to report, write, record, shoot and deliver news across a range of media. The outcomes of that learning will be displayed here on the MOTIF website. We began our journey by asking some fellow students what they knew about convergent journalism.
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| Practitioners |
| Our MOTIF journalists were set a task. Find someone working in the area of media production - and preferably a journalist or content producer - and ask them what convergence means for media of the immediate future. The resultant interviews (in both video and audio format) are here for your viewing and listening pleasure. More>>> |
| Technologies |
| What are the technologies that look set to transform the newsrooms of the future? Will these techologies make news gathering and dissemination easier of harder for the journalist? Will it make a difference to what we see hear and read? More>>> |
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| New modes of journalism are not just about new ways of reading and writing. They also involve active discussion and debate. While older forms of media have allowed for a good deal of feedback, new social software applications like blogs expand the possibilities of feedback. We want to hear what you have to say! More>>> |