social media and citizen journalism prague
TRANSCRIPT
Social media and citizen journalism
Opportunities, threats, tools, election reporting
Training for Egyptian Journalists, Prague, Oct 2011#amozora
1968
RWANDA: 800 000/100
“Exterminate the cockroaches”
KENYA
Haiti: 300 000
“People trapped at Un Bon Prix, near Napley Inn Hotel !”
“The Crisis Map of Haiti represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date map available to the humanitarian community.”
“No matter what anyone else tells you, don’t stop mapping, you are saving lives.”
FEMA Task Force Haiti
Credit: Rob Munro
LIBYA
Libyacrisismap.net
“Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC [International Criminal Court] Prosecutor, sited Facebook and other social media as key influence in ICC taking action in Libya: ‘[Facebook and social-networking] triggered a very quick reaction. The [United Nations] Security Council reacted in a few days; the U.N. General Assembly reacted in a few days. So, now because the court is up and running we can do this immediately,’ he said. ‘I think Libya is a new world. How we manage the new challenge—that’s what we will see now.”
Standby Taskforce
Online Volunteer Community for Live Mapping
Uchaguzi.co.ke
Media before - gatekeepers
Media and journalists today - curators
Blogging and Social networking
Blogging (Wordpress.com, Tumblr.com)
Google +
Linkedin (linkedin.com)
Diaspora (joindiaspora.org)
Tools and apps
Google Applications (google.com, google alerts, google fusion tables)
Google Groups (groups.google.com)
Skype, Google+ Hangouts
Doodle.com
Dropbox
Video (youtube.com)
Keepvid.com
Qik.com
Mapping (ushahidi.com, crowdmap.com)
Prezi.com
Standby Taskforce (blog.standbytaskforce.com)
Communities
Global Voices (globalvoicesonline.org)
Open Street Map (openstreetmap.org)
Crowdvoice.org
Crisis Commons (crisiscommons.org)
Social Media and Election Reporting
Before you start
1. Your Goal?
2. Your target audience?
3. Your Strategy? Tools?
4. Your Resources and capacity?
5. Desired action?
6. Evaluation and monitoring
http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Election_Monitoring_Quick_Guide.pdf
Methodology
Platform
