The proliferation of citizen journalism through social media has added a new dimension to reporting that traditional media are understandably keen to latch on to. Not only do citizen journalists offer a perspective different from that of the professional cameraman, … Continue reading
Without access to Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, Chinese internet users rely on the likes of Sina Weibo, Youku and Renren for microblogging, video-sharing and SNS services. The Twitter-like social network Sina Weibo, often shortened as Weibo, is one of the … Continue reading
It’s been almost three months since Storyful was acquired by News Corp. Today, Storyful’s CEO Mark Little reflects on the state of social journalism and outlines the ten key principles which will continue to guide the company. Does anybody else … Continue reading
Credit: Eoghan mac Suibhne The ability to respond to an incident anywhere in the world is an imperative for Storyful, and we regularly find ourselves faced with languages no one on our staff speaks. The family of languages spoken by … Continue reading
With unidentified military units seizing two major airports in Crimea on February 28, residents of the peninsula posted videos of a large-scale helicopter overflight. The implication was that the aircraft involved were Russian and that they were involved in an … Continue reading
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