Citizen Journalism - Southend and APCO

Have you recently visited longpier.com the independent news website for local Southend news many of which generated by ‘citizen journalists’

The founder of the website made a presentation at the fourth Pecha Kucha evening and this is his plan so get in contact with him if interested.

From Longpier: FEATURE: Pecha Kucha 4 @ East 15, Southend

I hope to recruit as many “citizen journalists” as I can…the person who goes somewhere or sees something they think could be of interest to others. I’m hoping people see Longpier as a chance to change the way their community receives their media in a truly collaborative environment.

https://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/longpiers-call-for-citizen-journalists/

http://notomob.co.uk/discussions/index.php?topic=2046.5;wap2

This is a link to a blog which discusses citizen journalism. The association of police officers has issued guidance as follows:

• There are no powers prohibiting the taking of photographs, film or digital images in a public place. Therefore, members of the public and press should not be prevented from doing so.

• We need to cooperate with the media and amateur photographs. They play a vital role as their images help us identify criminals.

• We must acknowledge that citizen journalism is a feature of modern life and police officers are now photographed and filmed more than ever.

• Unnecessarily restricting photography, whether for the casual tourist of professional is unacceptable and it undermines public confidence in the police service.

• Once an image has been recorded, the police have no power to delete or confiscate it without a court order.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/01/value_of_citizen_journalism.html

This link is to a BBC blog about the values of citizen journalism.

Arts Council England is today (Wednesday 27 March) announcing 4 organisations in Essex who will receive approximately £579,204 through the second round of the Renaissance Strategic support fund.

Overall, the Arts Council has awarded £17.8 million* across the country to innovative and exciting projects, led by a wide range of museum types. A full list of the recipients of the second round of the Renaissance Strategic support fund can be found on the Arts Council website here. 

Projects that have received awards include:

• Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service, who will receive £249,875 for UNLOCKED, a digital participatory project that will see participants from Colchester and Ipswich working with staff and volunteers to curate and generate content for a new online Wiki Museum. Participants will select and interpret special objects from archaeology and world collections, create art work and new media content, and using citizen journalism to capture museum events.