The tools to get it done

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The tools to get it done

• Citizen Journalism

A case study SA Rocks at the Million Man March
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What it is and why it matters

• Citizen Journalism is the act of citizens
• "playing an active role in the process of
  collecting, reporting, analyzing and
  disseminating news and information,"
• according to the seminal report We Media How
  Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and
  Information, by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism
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SA Rocks at MMM
http//sarocks.co.za/2008/06/10/million-man-march-
we-werent-a-million-but-we-were-strong/
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Use what exists

• To be a successful citizen journalist
• Use the tools available to you
• Use the networks you already have
• Use the website that have built-in audiences
• Dont try to compete globally
• Dont try to compete with the big players
• Be a citizen have an opinion report YOUR news

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The Tools
Mobile phone
Digital Camera
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The Services
E-mail
MG News in Photos
Youtube
Twitter
Tumblr
Wordpress
Mxit
Flickr
Zoopy
Phone calls
Blogger
SMS
The Grid
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Twitter the social shoutout
Set up your mobile
Follow people
Get people to follow you
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Hashtags
Create themes with Hashtags and specific Twitter
accounts
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Flickr
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Integrate
Integrate photographs in to your final blog post
or article
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Self Publishing
Self-hosted
wordpress
tumblr
blogger
Blogging
Lifestreaming
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Video
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Podcasting
Mobile phone
Dictaphones
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Mobile
Facebook Mobile
Zoopy Mobile
The Grid
Mxit
Twitter Mobile
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Mobile
http//www.zoopy.com/mobile
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Geotagged Citizen Journalism
Create photo, video and text Geotag content in PTA
24 hour UP Practical
Content coordination
Organise one another around tagged content
Group chats around content within certain tagged
areas
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Hyper-local is where its at

• Dont be global you cant compete
• If your story and the coverage is good and local
  then it will be spread and read
• Make sure you go local, its lekker

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Thank you
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Business
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http//sarocks.co.za
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Contact
nic_at_zoopy.com
nharalambous_at_gmail.com
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