Events matching tag "citizen journalism"
Sunday, March 9
These days, reporting the news effectively and competitively would be virtually impossible without the powerful contributions of amateurs who witness major news developments — especially the ones that happen where profes…
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Presenters
Eric Carvin, Mandy Jenkins
Monday, March 10
Superstorms, bombings and protests around the globe are challenging the way people use technology to respond to crisis and conflict. Journalists, hackers and local people are collaborating to better cover, communicate an…
Intermediate
Presenters
Adaora Udoji, Josh Stearns, Madeleine Bair, Matt Stempeck
Tuesday, March 11
As mobile phones spread across the globe, human rights activists are increasingly turning to mobile technology for help in documenting, visualizing, and prosecuting human rights abuses. Unfortunately, human rights violat…
Intermediate
Presenters
Christoph Koettl, Harlo Holmes, Sam Gregory
Citizen activism is at an all time high, using digital tools such as Twitter, Storify, and Vine to immediately telegraph and signal boost stories from the ground to the cloud. In 2013, the Texas Legislature held two spec…
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Presenters
Jessica Luther, Julie Gillis
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