Convergent Journalism Blog

Open Source News:

Open source journalism — refers to the standard journalistic techniques of news gathering and fact checking, and reflects a similar term that was in use from 1992 in military intelligence circles, open source intelligence. It is now commonly used to describe forms of innovative publishing of online journalism, rather than the sourcing of news stories by a professional journalist.

Weblogs, or blogs, are another significant platform for open source culture. Blogs consist of periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts, using a technology that makes webpages easily updatable with no understanding of design, code, or file transfer required. Messageboards are another platform for open source culture. Messageboards (also known as discussion boards or forums), are places online where people with similar interests can congregate and post messages for the community to read and respond to. While corporations, political campaigns and other formal institutions have begun using these tools to distribute information, many blogs are used by individuals for personal expression, political organizing, and socializing.

http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
(CyberJournalist.net is a news and resource site that focuses on how the Internet, convergence and new technologies are changing the media. The site offers tips, news and commentary about online journalism, citizen’s media, digital storytelling, converged news operations and using the Internet as a reporting tool)

http://slashdot.org/about.shtml
(Slashdot is owned by OSTG, which is the most dynamic community-driven media network on the Web. OSTG sites provide a unique combination of news, original articles, downloadable resources, and community forums to help IT managers, development professionals, and end-users make critical decisions about information technology products and services. Slashdot’s aim – to provide news for nerds)

http://pajamasmedia.com/
(Pajamasmedia.com is an open source media network which unites bloggers, journalists and commentators. It is “the best in global blogging, podcast and opinion – 24/7”)

Peter Barnett
Former ABC Foreign Correspondent for the Vietnam War 1965 – read about him @ http://abc.net.au/aroundtheworld/content/s1059129.htm & http://abc.net.au/aroundtheworld/content/temp_americas.htm

LAST MINUTE UPDATE 

The interview has been re-scheduled to Wednesday 30th Aug @ 5pm in Toorak. 

Here’s the agenda; 

1. Could you please provide us with a brief background on your journalistic career?  

2. What do you consider to be your career mile stone?  

3. What kind of obstacles and limitations did you face in reporting during the Vietnam War?  

4. Did you ever recognize the lack of resources for journalists in your time? 

5. How do you think the internet and online journalism has changed the way recent coverage of wars and civil unrest has been presented?

6. Is the use of the Internet in these conflicts what Television was to Vietnam? 

7. Are you aware of new media, and way new journalism?  

8. What are your thoughts on journalism nowadays? 

9. Do you think news values have declined?

10. Is there less emphasis now on politics and more on entertainment? Can I please have your thoughts on this issue? 

11. Do you see the possibility of electronic taking over all other types of media delivery?