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Thursday, January 24 2008

Readers re-write the journalists' stories

Columbia Journalism Review points out an interesting development in Journalism 2.0 on Science 2.0.

Scientific American runs a story called Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk?, but the article has not been published yet in its final version. Readers can post comments and questions that are incorporated in a final version, to be published in the May issue.

Open access journalism is an interesting proposition showing that the link to a media's community is growing ever stronger. Done correctly it might add significantly, while retaining relevant editorial control.

Sunday, May 20 2007

Citizen Journalism: Kristine Löwe

On Café Babel Stockholm's Swedish blog we have had a series of interviews, with people from various types of media, regarding citizen journalist.

As Café Babel is a good example of citizen journalism, we wanted to explore what new opportunities it offers to both writers and professional journalists. Will it provide media with new talent, or will it drive a further fragmentisation? Will it provide a new type of voice in Europe's media?

Kristine Løwe is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writes an excellent blog Kristine Lowe on media, communications and current affairs. As Kristine has had many years of experience of writing in England, she opted to answer Café Babel Stockholm's question in English.

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