Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Citizens map the Gulf oil slick with balloons and kites – MIT Center for Future Civic Media

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    "We're helping citizens to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own aerial imagery of the spill… documentation that will be essential for environmental and legal use in coming years.

    We're not trying to duplicate the satellite imagery or the flyover data (though we’re helping to coordinate some of the flyovers and trying to make sure the data is publicly accessible). We believe in complete open access to spill imagery and are releasing all imagery into the public domain."

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    Del.ici.us tags: maps mapping citizenmedia civicmedia oil spill environment publicdomain activism visualization

Demotix.com | The Street Wire

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    Demotix.com | The Street Wire

    Citizen journalism website worth visiting:

    "Demotix is a citizen-journalism website and photo agency. It takes user-generated content (UGC) and photographs from freelance journalists and amateurs, and markets them to the mainstream media.

    Demotix was founded with two principles at its heart – the freedom of speech and the freedom to know. Its objective is nothing if not ambitious – to rescue journalism and promote free expression by connecting independent journalists with the traditional media.

    Demotix now has over 14,000 members, in 110 countries around the world from Afghanistan to Zambia."

    Del.ici.us tags: citizenjournalism photojournalism citizenmedia demotix