The document discusses the use of Ushahidi, a crowd-sourcing platform, during Afghanistan's 2014 elections. It describes how Ushahidi was used to monitor and map election reports from citizens, and curate resources and document the process. Lessons learned include the need for training, objective guidelines, appropriate equipment, and minimizing intermediaries between citizens and the platform. Potential future applications of crowd-sourcing during crises are also mentioned.
A narcissistic and perhaps educational presentation given by Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka bicyclemark. Longtime citizen journalist and independent media creator. Presented at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
This document discusses alternative models for funding online content and journalism. It explores crowdfunding approaches used in the past, including one blogger who appealed to readers for support. It also outlines the McChesney-Nichols model of public funding for media through small individual contributions. Finally, it asks readers if new crowdfunding systems could support content they value into the future.
The document discusses various e-tools for web publishing that have enabled personal publishing and citizen journalism. These include blogs, podcasts, social networks like Facebook and Twitter, video hosting sites, and other tools like social bookmarking. It outlines how these different tools can be used together and also touches on some of the legal and privacy issues around topics like copyright and file sharing.
Portugal é um país localizado na Península Ibérica com Lisboa como capital. Sua população fala português e é majoritariamente católica, com uma economia baseada no euro e integrada à União Europeia. A história, cultura, clima e paisagens variadas de Portugal são atrações turísticas populares.
With tectonic changes taking place in the print publishing industry, we will soon see a redefinition of what the terms "publish" and "book" mean. Aimed at product managers of open source projects, this session will teach anyone how to "publish" a "book" using open source tools. Participants will gain practical formatting and distribution knowledge necessary to publish their own ebooks.
A narcissistic and perhaps educational presentation given by Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka bicyclemark. Longtime citizen journalist and independent media creator. Presented at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
This document discusses alternative models for funding online content and journalism. It explores crowdfunding approaches used in the past, including one blogger who appealed to readers for support. It also outlines the McChesney-Nichols model of public funding for media through small individual contributions. Finally, it asks readers if new crowdfunding systems could support content they value into the future.
The document discusses various e-tools for web publishing that have enabled personal publishing and citizen journalism. These include blogs, podcasts, social networks like Facebook and Twitter, video hosting sites, and other tools like social bookmarking. It outlines how these different tools can be used together and also touches on some of the legal and privacy issues around topics like copyright and file sharing.
Portugal é um país localizado na Península Ibérica com Lisboa como capital. Sua população fala português e é majoritariamente católica, com uma economia baseada no euro e integrada à União Europeia. A história, cultura, clima e paisagens variadas de Portugal são atrações turísticas populares.
With tectonic changes taking place in the print publishing industry, we will soon see a redefinition of what the terms "publish" and "book" mean. Aimed at product managers of open source projects, this session will teach anyone how to "publish" a "book" using open source tools. Participants will gain practical formatting and distribution knowledge necessary to publish their own ebooks.
Emerging Trends Between Countries On Youthbicyclemark
The document summarizes the findings of a 2006-2007 UNFPA study on youth realities and policy provisions in 14 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It highlights several emerging trends across the region, including difficulties with migration, unemployment, education quality, poverty, health issues, and balancing traditional and modern values. It also notes some worrying particularities like human trafficking, lack of social support for young parents and homeless youth, and increasing juvenile crime and violence.
Young people today are living in an increasingly individualized and globalized world with new technologies and forms of communication. Social structures have less influence while chosen lifestyles and global youth cultures have more influence. New technologies allow young people to access information, communicate, and participate in cultural and political activities to draw attention to issues.
Youth Information Transformers as Actors of Changebicyclemark
The document discusses how information is transformed and presented to young people. It covers three eras in how information has been distributed from times of scarcity to the current era of abundance due to digital technologies and the internet. It also discusses how information can be stacked or presented to young people, the importance of reliable and legitimate sources, and providing context. Finally, it examines how civic websites conceptualize and engage their young audiences, noting the diversity in views and importance of local contexts.
The Silent MArch of the GMO Soy Industrybicyclemark
Talk given at the 25C3 in Berlin, Dec. 30th 2008. An overview of how the GMO soy industry has slowly taken over large sectors of the agricultural industry and is in much of our food no matter where we live.
Alternative Media and Personal Publishingbicyclemark
Citizen journalism has grown due to increased access to technology like broadband internet and affordable cameras. Blogs were an early form of citizen journalism but were often ridiculed. Podcasting and then video became popular ways for citizens to report news and share personal perspectives. Some examples highlighted include vlogs about sustainability in America, recording news from developing countries on mobile phones, and sharing snapshots of life in India. While citizen journalism provides diverse points of view and personal connections, questions remain around consistent funding, representing all areas of the world, attracting and keeping audiences, and how it will interact with traditional media over time.
Alternative Media and Citizen Journalismbicyclemark
Citizen journalism provides an alternative to mainstream media through personal involvement in issues and alternative topics not covered by traditional outlets. It gives anyone the freedom to choose topics and create content without experience using available tools. However, citizen journalism lacks the resources of large media organizations and name recognition, though it provides equal opportunity to be heard online through blogs, podcasts, and videoblogs. The future of citizen journalism is unknown, but it allows geographically flexible work while benefiting audiences.
Hacking the Price of Food - An Urban Farming Renaissancebicyclemark
Talk about the current state of urban farming in the world. (or North America specifically) given at the LAst Hope conference in NYC, July 2008. Talk given by journalist and podcaster Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka bicyclemark.
The document introduces the L3C (low-profit limited liability company), a new type of socially responsible limited liability company that combines attributes of nonprofits and for-profits by allowing private foundations to invest in them for social purposes while also allowing private investors to realize modest financial returns. It notes traditional for-profits require high returns that nonprofits can't provide, while nonprofits have inadequate market incentives, and the L3C aims to bridge this gap by giving private foundations a new tool to achieve social goals through for-profit mechanisms.
Presentation Introducing Podcasting, done for PSO in Utrechtbicyclemark
Podcasting is an audio or video program that is distributed over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. It originated from a combination of technologies like broadband internet, mp3 players, and podcasting software that allowed existing media files to be converted into podcast formats and distributed online. Podcasting became popular due to developers making use of excess bandwidth, as well as changing media consumption habits with more portable digital devices.
Talk on Citizen Journalism Given at Re:publica'08bicyclemark
Citizen journalism is defined as citizens playing an active role in collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. There are two main types: audience participation, where citizens contribute to news stories by commenting, tagging or voting; and independent citizen reporting, where citizens operate independently to research and report news stories without the direct involvement of professional journalists or commercial media organizations. Finding an audience for independently reported citizen journalism can be a struggle.
Emerging Trends Between Countries On Youthbicyclemark
The document summarizes the findings of a 2006-2007 UNFPA study on youth realities and policy provisions in 14 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It highlights several emerging trends across the region, including difficulties with migration, unemployment, education quality, poverty, health issues, and balancing traditional and modern values. It also notes some worrying particularities like human trafficking, lack of social support for young parents and homeless youth, and increasing juvenile crime and violence.
Young people today are living in an increasingly individualized and globalized world with new technologies and forms of communication. Social structures have less influence while chosen lifestyles and global youth cultures have more influence. New technologies allow young people to access information, communicate, and participate in cultural and political activities to draw attention to issues.
Youth Information Transformers as Actors of Changebicyclemark
The document discusses how information is transformed and presented to young people. It covers three eras in how information has been distributed from times of scarcity to the current era of abundance due to digital technologies and the internet. It also discusses how information can be stacked or presented to young people, the importance of reliable and legitimate sources, and providing context. Finally, it examines how civic websites conceptualize and engage their young audiences, noting the diversity in views and importance of local contexts.
The Silent MArch of the GMO Soy Industrybicyclemark
Talk given at the 25C3 in Berlin, Dec. 30th 2008. An overview of how the GMO soy industry has slowly taken over large sectors of the agricultural industry and is in much of our food no matter where we live.
Alternative Media and Personal Publishingbicyclemark
Citizen journalism has grown due to increased access to technology like broadband internet and affordable cameras. Blogs were an early form of citizen journalism but were often ridiculed. Podcasting and then video became popular ways for citizens to report news and share personal perspectives. Some examples highlighted include vlogs about sustainability in America, recording news from developing countries on mobile phones, and sharing snapshots of life in India. While citizen journalism provides diverse points of view and personal connections, questions remain around consistent funding, representing all areas of the world, attracting and keeping audiences, and how it will interact with traditional media over time.
Alternative Media and Citizen Journalismbicyclemark
Citizen journalism provides an alternative to mainstream media through personal involvement in issues and alternative topics not covered by traditional outlets. It gives anyone the freedom to choose topics and create content without experience using available tools. However, citizen journalism lacks the resources of large media organizations and name recognition, though it provides equal opportunity to be heard online through blogs, podcasts, and videoblogs. The future of citizen journalism is unknown, but it allows geographically flexible work while benefiting audiences.
Hacking the Price of Food - An Urban Farming Renaissancebicyclemark
Talk about the current state of urban farming in the world. (or North America specifically) given at the LAst Hope conference in NYC, July 2008. Talk given by journalist and podcaster Mark Fonseca Rendeiro aka bicyclemark.
The document introduces the L3C (low-profit limited liability company), a new type of socially responsible limited liability company that combines attributes of nonprofits and for-profits by allowing private foundations to invest in them for social purposes while also allowing private investors to realize modest financial returns. It notes traditional for-profits require high returns that nonprofits can't provide, while nonprofits have inadequate market incentives, and the L3C aims to bridge this gap by giving private foundations a new tool to achieve social goals through for-profit mechanisms.
Presentation Introducing Podcasting, done for PSO in Utrechtbicyclemark
Podcasting is an audio or video program that is distributed over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. It originated from a combination of technologies like broadband internet, mp3 players, and podcasting software that allowed existing media files to be converted into podcast formats and distributed online. Podcasting became popular due to developers making use of excess bandwidth, as well as changing media consumption habits with more portable digital devices.
Talk on Citizen Journalism Given at Re:publica'08bicyclemark
Citizen journalism is defined as citizens playing an active role in collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. There are two main types: audience participation, where citizens contribute to news stories by commenting, tagging or voting; and independent citizen reporting, where citizens operate independently to research and report news stories without the direct involvement of professional journalists or commercial media organizations. Finding an audience for independently reported citizen journalism can be a struggle.
28. Future
Applications
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro 11 citizenreporter.org
29. Thanks.
@bicyclemark
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro 12 citizenreporter.org
Editor's Notes
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introduce myself and my work.\n
Ushahidi explained. Crowd sourcing. Crisis Situations. Multi-stream (sms, email, web) Used since 2007 in different situations. (2 minutes)\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Built not only for crises, also for collecting data and showing it in an organized customizable fashion. Can also be used for managing media like photos, video, tweets, blog posts, etc.\n
Characteristics of traditional elections observation missions. \n
Parts of the country not under gov control, Many cities functioning semi-normally, 2nd election since Taliban, first was highly disputed, Unbelievable number of candidates running, Kidnappings, bombings, political/ethnic feuds, infrastructure in shambles, telecoms not operating normally in parts of the country, observers ushered around under high security restrictions, observers who are very experienced and too proud to change.\n
1.3 million votes dismissed as fraud. HOWEVER// 4.3 million votes are legit. Female Winners: 69. \n
Our 3 projects. FEFA, DI, and Pajhwok. For FEFA we handled 895 Reports from Local Observers, several of which were kidnapped. From DI we handled around 350 reports from 18 LTO and 50 STO. \n
One more look at your map info.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Ushahidi is a problem for organizations who want to control info. ITs meant for decentralized real crowdsourcing. It can be manipulated by users. We must keep that in mind and perhaps plan how to tackle that problem. Also for technology needs we cant look to governments or telecoms, they can be corrupt, paralyzed, or simply unreachable. More training of observers.\n
Different types of election monitoring. Very useful for journalists and dedicated group of observers. Search and rescue maybe one day, its still not the go-to tool STatistics, gov and other types of demographic into.\n