New Forms of Collaboration

Later this month I've been asked to speak at a seminar organised by the Berkman Center on new forms of collaboration in journalism. It was at a similar event three years ago that Jay Rosen laid to rest the debate about Bloggers v Journalists (although of course some echoes of that false argument still rattle around). This time I would like to lay to rest some of the debate about UGC and citizen journalism - but go further. I have some BBC examples to talk about, but would like to go wider. Where is Networked Journalism taking us? What are the best examples? What new forms of collaboration are on the horizon? What will a data-driven web enable? If you have any thoughts or examples I'd love to hear them - and of course you'll get full credit.

Comments

[Steve Petersen]

Richard,

On the data-drive side, www.everyblock.com seems like a promising site that pulls information from various sources (like Yelp!, flickr, local government databases, etc.) and presents it as news in a user friendly way.

Also, David Cohn is a great resource for information about trends involving Networked Journalism and the use of technology in journalism. Check out his blog at www.digidave.org.

Cheers!