Talk on Citizen Journalism Given at Re:publica'08
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THE AUDIENCE THAT WASN’T THERE Independent Citizen Reporting and the Stru"le to Find Your Audience Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka Bicyclemark Citizenreporter.org 1 Sunday, April 6, 2008
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MY talk entitled "The Audience that Wasn't There" at Re:publica'08 in Germany.
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THE AUDIENCE THAT WASN’T THERE
Independent Citizen Reporting and the Stru"le to Find Your Audience
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka Bicyclemark
Citizenreporter.org
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Who am I?
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Citizen Journalism Defined
The act of citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. We Media (2003) Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis
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Types of Citizen Journalism
1) Audience participation
2) Independent news and information Websites
3) Full-fledged participatory news sites
4) Collaborative and contributory media sites
5) Other kinds of "thin media."
6) Personal broadcasting sites
J. D. Lasica (2003):
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Citizen... Journalist.. ?
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Today’s Online Media Landscape
Traditional News Sources Still Dominate
Independent CJ’s relatively difficult to find
News organizations cut staff, cut funding, cut-cut-cut.
CJists often must give priority to a day-job over reporting responsibilities.
Despite the “many voices” of the internet, most viewed videos, most written about topics, still the same.
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Same as it ever was...
-The State of the News Media Report 2008
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More With Less
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FREE?Your NEW Citizen Journalism Community Site
+My non-paid labor intensive contribution
≠A Fair and Sustainable Relationship
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The Journalist that Wasn’t There
Producer/Journalist
Inconsistent, unreliable
Lack of time, funds
Methods or Style Not Appealing to mass audience
No Creed, no Focus
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Lurking... lurking...
Apathetic
Echo Chamber, Same Opinion
Passive Observers
Irregular
Uninterested
Slow to non Growing
The citizen journalism audience:
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Typical and Annoying Question: How do I find your program?
Search Engines
Word of Mouth
ITunes.... !@#%@
Aggregation Sites
Comments and Forums
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Ok, it’s not all bad...
If you need help, and you can find us, maybe you can hire...
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Hope
Despite problems from both production and audience side, new projects do appear.
CJists using video especially, in Tibet, NOLA, Venezuela, Iraq, etc., making some impact.
Associations, alliances, and other collective projects, getting profile (eg: Global Voices)
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<Insert closing LOL cat.>
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bicyclemark at gmail dot com
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