Collaborative

Journalism

Editor 1.0

Journalism as a lecture

Readers should only see through the eyes of the mainstream media

Tyranny of the Editor

Uttpal Dutt in Golmaal

Editor 2.0

The Guardian has hired a tag editor — a keyword manager (whose primarily role is to label the content)

The Times of London has hired a search editor

The New York Times has named Jim Roberts to the new role of editor of digital news, overseeing the Web newsroom

Story is no longer a singular article

Story is a thread now.

It spans multiple authors.

It spans multiple articles.

It has a local perspective.

It has a global perspective.

Public is getting involved in a story even before its being reported.They are

Contributing facts

Asking questions

Giving their perspective, opinions and suggestions

Promoting the story

Professionals and amateurs are working together to make news.

Professional journalists can rely on the public to help report the story.

Public can continue to contribute corrections, questions, facts, and perspective

This is NOT about amateurs vs. professionals but how both can collaborate to work together

Our Mission is to build a platformWhere People ..

-go when they’ve got a story to share or talk about.

-to interact with people with similar interests and taste.

-having opposing views can discuss a news in a friendly atmosphere

-can get localized version and a globalized version of the story.

-don’t need to be an A-lister to get themselves heard.

-don`t find the news, but the news (you like to read) finds them.

Instablogs is a

conversational platform offering simple tools to facilitate people around the globe to read, share, converse, discuss and

collaborate news through community participation.

Global snapshot on top of the homepage gives you the most important and interesting news across all of the continents in a very efficient and scan-able format.

From Local to Global I want news related to my city –

yeah sure.

and news related to my country as well. – No problem

and want to see what’s happening all over the world as well – got it.

.. and I want all this to be on one page – Yes Sir.

CJs in Action highlights some of the best stories submitted by the Citizen Journalists throughout the day.

Viewpoint. (Everyone has a viewpoint. )

This section has the most heated discussion on the Instablogs every day.

Viewpoint cont..

Instablogs don’t have a voice of its own. We let our users be our voice.

We do moderate comments which are abusive, spam to let the discussion remain friendly. Moderation is done with the help of our users and moderators.

Instablogs blends the best features of traditional news sites with the social networking and collaboration features giving control back to the users.

-You don`t find the news, but the news (you like to read) finds you

-Track your favorite authors. (submissions, voting and comments)

-Track the topics and regions.

TRACKING THE NEWS

Accessing the long tail

-Homepage shows popular content, but enough easy jump-off points are available to find the niche or local content you are looking for.

- Any user can bookmark a news link with a tag such as “technology” or “India” and it will become available at Instablogs under the URL instablogs.com/[TAG].

Some other exciting features. Local Communities

Stories Thread (multiple articles and authors)

Revenue Sharing

Easy Posting and Newslink Submissions

Feature Rich Myblog (Your own Column, ankit.instablogs.com)

Myblog Customization

Myblog Stats Tracking

New Writer Discovery and Appreciation

Mobile integration

FEEDBACK and SUGGESTIONS Welcome

Email: info@instablogs.comVisit: www.instablogs.com

Thank you