Citizen Journalism Assignment:RTE Website
April 29, 2008 at 12:47 pm | In Interactive, Online Journalism | Leave a CommentTags: BBC, BreakingNews.ie, CNN, iReport, RTE News
I know it’s been done & said before, but RTE really needs some help. Help, that is, in the Citizen Journalism department. There is nothing on the RTE News website (www.rte.ie/news) which sugggests people can contribute anything to the news -except for their ‘interactive poll’ in the right-hand corner; which at times has laughable questions. Continue reading Citizen Journalism Assignment:RTE Website…
Citizen Journalism Assignment: iReport
April 27, 2008 at 5:13 pm | In Interactive, Multimedia, Online Journalism | Leave a CommentTags: Citizen Journalism, CNN, iReport, Olympic Protests
For the question of whether or not Citizen Journalism is “proper” journalism, I chose iReport (http://www.ireport.com/index.jspa). This is affilliated with CNN (http://edition.cnn.com). It allows viewers to send in audio and visual material which may-be used on air (but also be stored at the iReport website). Also, an ‘iReporter’ will sometimes be interviewed live on-air to get an update on a situation. Continue reading Citizen Journalism Assignment: iReport…
Searching and Gathering
April 26, 2008 at 2:28 pm | In Business, Interactive, Multimedia | Leave a CommentTags: City Channel, Ireland, Journalists, Search Engine, Vazumo.com
I saw a programme on City Channel (www.city.ie) about this new Irish-based internet company, so I thought I’d check them out. They are Vazumo (www.vazumo.com) and they’re an internet search with a difference. They are not like Google, Yahoo! or others – they are a search engine for people looking specifically for companies. Continue reading Searching and Gathering…
Are we impressed yet?
April 13, 2008 at 5:51 pm | In Interactive, Multimedia, Online Journalism | Leave a CommentTags: BreakingNews.ie, Ireland.com, RTE, SMS
OK, it’s here. BreakingNews.ie (http://www.breakingnews.ie) has got an upgrade on it’s website and now offers SMS alerts, audio & vido pieces & allows readers to submit video & pictures of news events. Are we impressed? Continue reading Are we impressed yet?…
Breaking News for Breaking News!
April 7, 2008 at 11:09 am | In Interactive, Multimedia, Online Journalism | Leave a CommentTags: BreakingNews.ie, CNN, Irish News, RTE News
The Irish website www.breakingnews.ie, which is owned by Cork-based Thomas Crosbie Media, is getting a facelift. When you log onto the homepage the first thing you see is a message telling you “we will be launching our re-design of BreakingNews.ie within the next few days & hope you’ll like the changes!” So do I. Continue reading Breaking News for Breaking News!…
Intra, Shimntra!
March 31, 2008 at 8:09 pm | In Interactive | Leave a CommentTags: Dublin, Dublin City University, Internship, INTRA
OK, hats off INTRA (http://www.dcu.ie/intra) is an incredably simple & easy system to use & understand. But why is it so rigid & annoying? It is infuriating (& some may say ‘unfair’) that one is unable to choose the placement they want…you have to take the first thing you are given. OK, I can sort of understand the reasoning behind that one-don’t want to be left with nothing! But the other problem is Continue reading Intra, Shimntra!…
Channel 6 Interactivity
February 26, 2008 at 9:39 pm | In Interactive | Leave a CommentTags: Blogs, Channel 6, Interactive, Online Polls
Well, Channel 6 (www.channel6.ie) has launched a publicity campaign (i.e. ads on Channel 6) about its re-vamped & improved website. According to the ads there will be blogs, competitions & other such stuff. The site is aesthetically pleasing alright & does have alot of detail about their shows & schedules. However, not all of the blogs are up & running yet-& there seems to be no way for the average user to start a blog comment/discussion thread. But I do get the feeling the website is giving it’s users the ‘not yet, but soon!’ approach. The site has various polls scattered around it; which seem to change depending on where you are on the site. It does market itself as “Ireland’s 1st Broadband TV Website! For Music, Movies and More…..” So far, so good-now show us the ‘more’
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