Citizen Journalism

CONSIDER THIS. You work for an influential environmental advocacy organisation. An election is coming up. You produce a brochure to…

WOULD YOU pay to keep using facebook and instagram or would you let them continue to monitor your online activity to keep using the…

Few of those spreading disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic and government attempts to stem it knew what they were resurrecting…

THE DISINFORMATION WAR continues with the release of a fake document in Victoria and a Melbourne woman taking action to provide reliable…

I wrote this story just before Covid-19 took our attention from climate change and other topics. It discusses how the use of language can…

A rule change by the administrators of a facebook group stimulates a few thoughts on self-promotion and sharing and whether social media…

Photos reveal. They can also mislead, especially when used to support an argument or to deliberately misinform, and especially when…

WARNING signs. Advisory signs. Interpretive signs. Direction signs. We are surrounded by signs. But why do some work while others are…

An article raises questions and highlights solutions to how citizen journalists report food issues…

PAGE ONE of today’s New York Times is a lesson in the power of detail.

I’m surprised when I see friends and colleagues reposting dubious claims about the coronavirus and the 5G network on social media. They…

Improbable that it might seem, the admins of a facebook set up to encourage migration to Tasmania have decided to disallow any post about…

The true value of the internet is being revealed in the public response to the coronavirus pandemic. In bringing people together and…

“…stopping misinformation requires social media platforms, journalists, fact checkers, and citizens all to take action”

Like a car following a road, our stories traverse the terrain of the imagination. Where we start our story, and our looping back or…

Communicating for change

Civic affairs reporting can be challenging for citizen journalists because it requires the dedication of time and defining the motivations…

WAY BACK, I worked in radio news and current affairs and learned how important it is for interviewees to be able to get their message…

Online media thrust organisations into the reputation economy.

How stories spread and why citizen journalists should be wary of them