Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
Persons live in specific places. Citizen journalism potentially can support local events and build community. I’ve tried to make some contribution here, here, here, and here. Below I document one of my failures. The rules for citizen journalism aren’t clear. Many organizations need to think about such rules. The challenge, it seems to me, is … Continue reading challenges for citizen journalism
In Shakespeare’s time, controversy raged about the values of words, images, and actions. Is God’s word meant to be proclaimed in liturgy, or is God most effectively encountered in personal reading of scripture? Can images and physical gestures support communication with God? Authorities across the sixteenth century suppressed physical practices of worship, white-washed interiors of … Continue reading Synetic’s Macbeth: a theatrical exploration of Shakespearean sense
My sources deep within the World Bank have leaked some explosive analysis by Greg Kisunko, Steve Knack and Colum Garrity of the World Bank’s Public Sector Governance Group. This isn’t just about small candy. It’s a revelation way, way, way bigger than the Halloween Documents. If this project gets canceled, and the analysis seems to … Continue reading grave weaknesses in massive public spending project
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Last Sunday a Galbi Think web 2.0 social interacter sent me this email: Ok! so you’re supposed to be this hotshot economist and analyst. So tell me this, a communication policy should serve to protect cultural values, provide information and safeguard public interests. After all these years, we are now being ruled by the influence … Continue reading new media in action