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Buzz Report: September 24th, 2013

by Kevin Bleicher

Conversations journalists and audiences are having about the news:

Dan Catt from Slate.com explains photography rights in his article ""10 Good Reasons Buzz Feed  Is Going to Pay My Invoice for Copyright Theft".

Some key points in this discussion:

• Dan is not asking for much in damages for use of his photo as it not registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. He wants to prove a point.
• BuzzFeed agreed to pay the amount Dan asked for to a charity of his choice.
• This proves to be a lesson for photographers and content hosts to pay attention to rights of multimedia, and whether permission is granted.

How can procedures change to make protecting the use of content easier?

Travis Lupick from Journalism.co.uk thoughts on how "Media is hypocritical when it comes to war zone freelancers".

Some key points in this discussion:

• Young and adventurous freelancers are critized by the media when they recklessly enter a dangerous foreign country to report on the events.
• For a media outlet to send a staff writer to war torn countries, it becomes very expensive, and is a huge liability.
• When a freelancer successfully reports on a story without being kidnapped or killed, those same media outlets praise them for their work and are willing to purchase it.

How can these media outlets rely on freelancers for these tasks, but publicly criticize them when something goes wrong?

The question is: "What is Citizen Journalism?" on Brandwatch.com.

Some key points in this discussion:

• Citizen Journalism is the general public actively participating in the broadcast and reporting of the news.
• User generated content, digital storytelling and consistently available live streaming is fuelling the news with different events from different perspectives.

The term journalist doesn't mean what it used to be. Is citizen journalism good or bad?

Buzz Report: September 5th, 2013

by Kevin Bleicher,

Conversations journalists and audiences are having about the news:

1. George Berridge and Luke O'Brien from WannabeHacks.co.uk debate "Should papers' websites use paywalls?"

Some key points in the discussion:

• George, who is FOR paywalls argues that journalism isn't cheap. 
• It costs a lot of money to produce a newspaper, and just because it's on the web doesn't mean it should be viewed for free.

• Luke, who is AGAINST paywalls proclaims people are too cheap and lazy to bother.
• People who use the Internet don't read newspapers

Why not pay for individual content, and not a paywall?

Buzz Report: August 20th, 2013

Conversations journalists and audiences are having about the news:

1. An article from Business Insider posted on Linkedin for Journalists group claims Journalism Has Entered  A Golden Age.

Some key points in the discussion:

• Disagreement that a laptop, cellphone (camera), a blog, and a few social media accounts is all a journalist needs.

• All regions/countries are different and tools that work for one person in one area of the world may not work for another.

Is there something missing from the journalists' tool box to help the become more successful? If so what is it?

 

2. "Question to Freelancers/Bloggers: How do you reach or obtain followers?" on Linked in for Journalists.

Some key points in the discussion:

• Journalists care deeply about creating quality work vs. obtaining a larger following.

• They will pick and choose who they write for, and will not "sell out" to a publication they don't respect.

• When freelancing for multiple publications scattered on the web, they will use their own social media to create a content stream for their followers.

• They will also include posts that are related or compliment their own work in their streams.

Does this mean journalists want to have their content categorized, or grouped with related articles?