Innovation
May 26, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
When Brian Sharwood isn't busy at his day job, running a little start-up called HomeStars.com, which is a Trip Advisor-type site focussed on the Home Improvement business, he is busy filing stories to his hyperlocal news site Ossington Village.
He moved to the Toronto neighbourhood four years ago, but only started the hyperlocal news site after a local meeting with a city councillor stirred up some controversy.
Sharwood tells his own story about what it is like to start up a hyperlocal news site in a major urban centre.
He moved to the Toronto neighbourhood four years ago, but only started the hyperlocal news site after a local meeting with a city councillor stirred up some controversy.
Sharwood tells his own story about what it is like to start up a hyperlocal news site in a major urban centre.
May 20, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
UK's The Guardian is taking the Google approach to digital applications with the launch of its Open Platform feature...
May 11, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Media innovation centre MaRS discusses the launch of hyperlocal news project OpenFile.ca from a business and information technology perspective.
"OpenFile is positioned as a collaborative newsroom–social media meets professional journalism – focusing on local news. It’s a newsroom that complements the current reality of news consumption in an increasingly digitally dominated world. The team believes in participatory journalism (quite the term!) and no paywalls. OpenFile gives you a reason to stick around and chat about news that means something to you with people who will seriously listen to you. Not only will you have a say in defining your own news, but you’ll also help collect and share that information."
"OpenFile is positioned as a collaborative newsroom–social media meets professional journalism – focusing on local news. It’s a newsroom that complements the current reality of news consumption in an increasingly digitally dominated world. The team believes in participatory journalism (quite the term!) and no paywalls. OpenFile gives you a reason to stick around and chat about news that means something to you with people who will seriously listen to you. Not only will you have a say in defining your own news, but you’ll also help collect and share that information."
May 11, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Nieman Journalism Lab profiles Toronto-based hyperlocal news site OpenFile suggesting it's initiative will walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to tapping the potential of online journalism.
"The thing about new media maxims is that, all too often, they remain just that — maxims. Smart ideas that guide our thinking, yes, but that don’t get much tangible testing in the hectic, messy space where journalism lives."
"The thing about new media maxims is that, all too often, they remain just that — maxims. Smart ideas that guide our thinking, yes, but that don’t get much tangible testing in the hectic, messy space where journalism lives."
May 10, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Journalists Sue Capon and Amber Martin launched CountyLive.ca on May10 to serve Prince Edward County, located on the shores of Lake Ontario, about two hours east of Toronto.
The pair have more than 20 years of journalistic experience in the county and hope to provide a multimedia, interactive news services for residents.
The pair have more than 20 years of journalistic experience in the county and hope to provide a multimedia, interactive news services for residents.
May 08, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Toronto-based hyperlocal news site OpenFile.ca is featured in the Saturday Globe and Mail detailing the revolutionary journalism project.
May 08, 2010
- Posted by Robert
Washburn
Four Korean scholars completed the first exhaustive quantitative study of the Twittersphere and the results are interesting for social science and journalism.
Apr 29, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
PAB2010 is in Ottawa June 18-29. Originally called Podcasters Across Borders, the annual conference has evolved into a three-day social/new media event that includes speaking sessions, workshops, panel discussions, concerts, a boat cruise and a charity drive. Here's a list of speakers...
Apr 27, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
Some magazine fans may feel like their favorite publications are dissolving into fragments of their former selves, writes Susan Currie Sivek. But a new report on the future of magazines suggests that the future for both print and digital magazines will be strong.
Apr 27, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
Iran’s media censorship inspired a class of Canadian journalism students to create Tehran-to.ca: a multimedia news portal that embraces social media and digital content as it covers post-election Iran, Jenny Vaughan writes.
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