Category: Citizen Journalism

First Crack #123. Building CitizenWausau.com with Dino and Andy

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date November 20, 2009
Categories In Citizen Journalism, Citizen Wausau, Interviews, Podcasts

CitizenWausau is one of the coolest, homegrown citizen journalism projects I’ve seen since I’ve been looking for them. I called up Dino Corvino and Andy Laub, the editor and technologist respectively, to discuss the project, how it’s grown, and it’s relationship with more established media in a smaller city market.

First Crack 97. Dan Haugen on Northeast Beat and Hyperlocal Journalism

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date March 9, 2007
Categories In Citizen Journalism, Dan Haugen, Interviews, Minneapolis, Northeast Beat, Podcasts

Dan Haugen and I talk about Northeast Beat, his citizen journalism project covering my favorite part of Minneapolis, and hyperlocal journalism. Listen to Dan Haugen on Northeast Beat and Hyperlocal Journalism [14 min].

Blogumentary now on Google Video

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date February 1, 2007
Categories In Blogumentary, Chuck Olsen, Citizen Journalism

Just got word that Chuck Olsen put his film Blogumentary all up on Google Video. Congrats Chuck. Chuck and I talked about the film back at First Crack #18 and I reviewed the film way, way, back in First Crack #6.

First Crack 82. David Newberger on Building Native American Citizen Journalism

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date August 2, 2006
Categories In Citizen Journalism, David Newberger, Interviews, Media, Native American, Podcasts

David Newberger and I talk about CDATimes.com and his experience building online communities for Native American citizen journalists thousands of miles away from the tribe he belongs to. Listen to David Newberger on Building Native American Citizen Journalism [31 min]