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”)