http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:43:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/crowdsourcing-journalism-middle-east.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:27 +0000 18 Days in Egypt -- an interactive documentary -- enables viewers to experience a revolution through content captured by thousands of protestors.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/citizen-journalist-leverages-kickstarter-to-aid-libya.html Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:42:17 +0000 Independent U.S. journalist turns to crowdfunding to support an educational initiative.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/mobile-app-powers-instant-citizen-reporting-of-city-issues.html Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:48:50 +0000 CitySourced is an application that allows users to instantly submit an instance of any municipal issue that should be addressed by city authorities. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/demotix-helping-citizen-journalists-to-report-stories-in-the-mainstream-media.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:09:09 +0000 Demotix is a wire service which enables citizen journalists from around the world to upload stories to its site, after which, they can be bought by various mainstream news outlets.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/theblogpaper-the-uk%e2%80%99s-first-user-generated-newspaper.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:00:08 +0000 theblogpaper is a user-generated blog-newspaper hybrid that has recently appeared in London.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/saving-david-rohde-through-media-muffling.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:19:41 +0000 We live in the age of omnipresent reporting.  From live-blogging to citizen journalism, it’s almost impossible for most events to slip through the cracks. The story of New York Times reporter David Rohde is one of the few examples of successfully keeping news from spreading and with good intentions. Just over a week ago, David Rohde escaped from the Taliban after being their hostage for seven months.  It came as a surprise to the public, but soon the amazing story of media cooperation surfaced.  When Rohde was captured along with another local reporter and a driver, The New York TimesRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/thoughts-on-the-future-of-journalism-from-the-purple-list.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:50 +0000 PSFK recently asked our global network of experts, The Purple List for their thoughts on the future of journalism. We received answers that imagine a variety of possible scenarios, though a common theme emerged which points to a system that combines crowd-sourcing with some kind of editorial curation and professional reporting. If you want to share your ideas about where news reporting is heading, leave your thoughts in the comments. What is the Future of Journalism? “I’d go with fragmented tribal media. Ground up, Wikipedia-style editing. Private philanthropy will support institutions like The New York Times, if they exist asRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/sms-news-service.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:22:21 +0000 In today’s hyper-connected world, news and information can come from anywhere, at any time. No longer do television, newspapers and even mainstream websites have a lock on reporting what’s happening around the globe. When reporting is as simple as sending a Twitter update, we all can be a kind of new school journalist. A story that comes out of the recent Israeli-Palestine conflict brilliantly illustrates this state of affairs. As an Israeli ban on reporters in the Gaza strip has severely limited the amount of information coming out of the area, a series of text messages from Norwegian doctor MadsRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/twitter-reporting-live-from-everywhere.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:02:43 +0000 Saturday night’s plane crash in Denver had an interesting bit of news pop out of the unfourtunate mishap. Mike Wilson, aka Twitter user 2drinksbehind was the first person to report on the crash via Twitter’s micro-blogging platform. His series of tweets (complete with a photo of the crash site) read as a play by play of the harrowing experience of surviving and navigating the chaotic scene. The reports hit Twitter about 30 minutes before any mainstream reports of the incident surfaced. Although a series of 140 character text messages can’t be considered a robust news piece, it is an interestingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/the-oakland-press-institute-for-citizen-journalism.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:40:01 +0000 Interesting news from the worlds of citizen journalism and open source learning – the Oakland Press has just announced that they will be opening a classroom for citizen journalists. The newspaper will train anyone who’s interested in news writing, videography, photography and reporting basics. Once participants have finished their training they’ll have the chance to get published online or in the print version. More ambitious citizen journalists can also work their way up into becoming a freelancer for the paper. Jeff Jarvis comments on what this new model means: So the education and the relationship goes well past the classroom,Read more...]]>