Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Amazing Datajournalism Tool: Build Your Own International Human Development Index

5 November, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Be sure to check out this amazing new website from the UN that allows you to build your own International Human Development Index by dynamically changing the criteria used. Incredibly the website also allows you to upload your own data sets for inclusion in the index, or download the official ones in spreadsheet format for analysis or custom mashups.

The UN recently released its Human Development Report 2010 (20th Anniversary Edition), entitled The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development. Drawing on a phenomenal range of statistics, the index is intended to to stimulate global, regional and national policy discussions on issues that are relevant to human development.

Courtesy of Vox Publica.

Filed Under: Blog, Journalism Tagged With: civicmedia, datajournalism, hdi, mashup, un, undp

The Future of Social Media in Journalism

14 September, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Vadim Lavrusik:

all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. […]

But more importantly, these social tools are inspiring readers to become citizen journalists by enabling them to easily publish and share information on a greater scale. The future journalist will be more embedded with the community than ever, and news outlets will build their newsrooms to focus on utilizing the community and enabling its members to be enrolled as correspondents. Bloggers will no longer be just bloggers, but be relied upon as more credible sources.

Excellent overview of:
– Collaborative Reporting
– Journalists as Community Managers
– The Social Beat
– Social Stories
– Online Curation for a “Time-Poor Audience”
– The Social Network as the New Editor
– Beyond Twitter & Facebook
– Monetizing Social
– A Social Newsroom and the Personal Brand
– A Mobile Social Experience

Source

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: citizenjournalism, civicmedia, future, mashable, onlinejournalism, socialmedia, socialnetworking, teaching, trends, vadimlavrusik

Future Challenges of Megatrends

9 September, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Great blog network set up by the Bertelsmann Stiftung to discuss the newest research results, innovative ideas and best-practice examples in the following interacting megatrends:

– Demographic Change
– Migration
– Climate Change
– New Governance
– Natural Resources & Biodiversity
– Security & Anti-Terror Policy
– Pandemics
– Globalization

futurechallenges.org wants to foster the dialogue between experts and non-experts. Our aim is to empower people and institutions to discuss future challenges. For the very first time in the history of mankind we truly have the chance to understand our future as a common global one and to shape it by using the power of networks and the wide range of online collaboration tools.

Source

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: bertelsmannstiftung, civicmedia, climatechange, futurechallenges, globalization, migration, pandemics

Nonprofit Bay Citizen launches to provide public interest news

26 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Emma Heald:

The Bay Citizen (formerly the Bay Area News Project) launches today, aiming to "enhance quality civic and community news coverage" in the Bay Area, in partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The nonprofit project was founded in September 2009 with $5million in funding from the Hellman Family Foundation and additional support from the Knight Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and others.

The site promises "original multimedia news and information about the Bay Area" distributed using "cool technology" that allows readers to share news, have conversations, and "truly be a part of the community." Readers are invited to donate.

External link

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: baycitizen, citizenjournalism, civicmedia, emmaheald, nonprofit

Global Action Atlas by National Geographic – Mapperz

11 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

    "Global Action Atlas by National Geographic. The application allows users to peer into areas where our planet needs help. National Geographic and Bing Maps invite you to support efforts across the globe to help people in need, protect plants and animals, usands of others who are donating, volunteering, and sharing knowledge on behalf of community-based projects working to solve global challenges.

    "The Global Action Atlas spotlights hundreds of local, cause-related projects from around the world to a large audience of concerned citizens, giving individuals opportunities to take action by donating, volunteering, advocating, and sharing information. The Atlas enhances and extends the mission of the National Geographic Society"

    Themes of interest include Conservation, Humanitarian Affairs, Cultures, Exploration, Climate Change and Energy."

    View the Global Action Atlas – http://www.actionatlas.org/map

    External link

    Del.ici.us tags: maps mapping nationalgeographic activism conservation humanitarian culture exploration climatechange environemtn civicmedia

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: activism, civicmedia, climatechange, conservation, culture, environemtn, exploration, humanitarian, mapping, maps, nationalgeographic

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