“ Citizen journalism” KCB201 Dr Jason Wilson Research Associate [email_address]

Youdecide2007 Citizen journalism project run during Australian Federal Election Part of ARC Linkage Project - QUT CIF, SBS, OLO, Cisco Systems and Brisbane Institute.

Citizen journalism project run during Australian Federal Election

Part of ARC Linkage Project - QUT CIF, SBS, OLO, Cisco Systems and Brisbane Institute.

Youdecide2007 Aggregated, hyperlocal, crowdsourced model of citizen journalism. Small team coordinated citizens reporting on the contest in their electorates. Vital statistics - 2000+ registered users, 230+ submitted articles from 50+ electorates.

Aggregated, hyperlocal, crowdsourced model of citizen journalism.

Small team coordinated citizens reporting on the contest in their electorates.

Vital statistics - 2000+ registered users, 230+ submitted articles from 50+ electorates.

Youdecide2007

Youdecide2007 Rationale: finding out about the audience base for cit j; relationships between online independent media and MSM Importantly - what does the work of facilitating citizen journalism entail? How does it differ from traditional journalism?

Rationale: finding out about the audience base for cit j; relationships between online independent media and MSM

Importantly - what does the work of facilitating citizen journalism entail? How does it differ from traditional journalism?

Queensland Decides Queensland local government elections A project that aimed to learn the lessons from youdecide2007 Similar “aggregated-hyperlocal” structure, but simplified submission

Queensland local government elections

A project that aimed to learn the lessons from youdecide2007

Similar “aggregated-hyperlocal” structure, but simplified submission

Preditor” From Miller: “new media employees who perform both production and editorial roles. [This is] an emblem of the shift toward media industries as content producing and organizing, rather than the production of new and original cultural works.”

From Miller: “new media employees who perform both production and editorial roles. [This is] an emblem of the shift toward media industries as content producing and organizing, rather than the production of new and original cultural works.”

4 kinds of preditor labour in citizen journalism

Content work Editing user contributions to meet legal/regulatory and quality requirements. Making news content to guarantee content flows, provide models of practice, and to draw users. [chart]

Editing user contributions to meet legal/regulatory and quality requirements.

Making news content to guarantee content flows, provide models of practice, and to draw users.

[chart]

Networking Making links with existing news channels, organisations and colleagues. Pushing out and pulling in content in a networked news environment .

Making links with existing news channels, organisations and colleagues.

Pushing out and pulling in content in a networked news environment .

Community work Providing users with training, site-specific information and mediation . Providing both structural and personal solutions for users’ needs Cultivating “super-contributors”.

Providing users with training, site-specific information and mediation .

Providing both structural and personal solutions for users’ needs

Cultivating “super-contributors”.

Tech work On-site tech work (CMS, web design) Off-site tech work (Content, networking and community work using other apps) Meta-tech wor

On-site tech work (CMS, web design)

Off-site tech work (Content, networking and community work using other apps)

Meta-tech wor

Implications Some elements of trad journalistic work, some new elements. Implications for organisations moving to harness UGC, independent initiatives, but also journalism education. Implies less competitive, more collegial and community-oriented practices.

Some elements of trad journalistic work, some new elements.

Implications for organisations moving to harness UGC, independent initiatives, but also journalism education.

Implies less competitive, more collegial and community-oriented practices.

Case study from youdecide2007 - “Crategate” Interview with Peter Lindsay (Liberal Party MP) Pushing through Labor Party contacts, resulted in question in parliament Uptake from mainstream media “ Meta-story”

Interview with Peter Lindsay (Liberal Party MP)

Pushing through Labor Party contacts, resulted in question in parliament

Uptake from mainstream media

“ Meta-story”

Crategate lessons Citizen journalism initiatives need MSM exposure, so collaborative relationships with MSM outlets are beneficial. MSM increasingly benefit from the closeness of citjs to their subjects, and will follow their lead when stories overlap with their news values. The production of news content is now a distributed activity, and news-generating capacity is now embedded in a range of spaces.

Citizen journalism initiatives need MSM exposure, so collaborative relationships with MSM outlets are beneficial.

MSM increasingly benefit from the closeness of citjs to their subjects, and will follow their lead when stories overlap with their news values.

The production of news content is now a distributed activity, and news-generating capacity is now embedded in a range of spaces.