Speakers comment on the role of social media at FoME 2011 Symposium “Hype or Hope? The impact of digital media on journalism and development” in Bonn.
Some impressions from FoME 2011 Symposium
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Speakers and audiences comment on their impressions of FoME 2011 Symposium “Hype or Hope? The impact of digital media on journalism and development” in Bonn.
The future of investigative journalism in Latin America. Non-profit digital media could be a way to fight corruption.
By Julieta Romero Güeto and Simon Didszuweit
After witnessing investigative journalism almost disappear in Latin America, Peruvian journalist Gustavo Goritti, director of IDL Reporteros, thinks there is now hope for rebirth. Continue reading
Workshop: Navigating the Digital. Getting your message heard and staying safe
By Julieta Romero Güeto and Simon Didszuweit
In Germany 1989, social change started with people gathering in a church. This year in Egypt, cameras and mobile phones played a key role during demonstrations. That’s how Marek Tuszynski, co-founder of the international NGO Tactical Tech Collective, opened the workshop “Navigating the Digital: Getting your Message Heard and Staying Safe” during the second day of the FoME Symposium. Continue reading
First images online
The first impressions from FoME 2011 Symposium have arrived and are now available in our flickr-stream.
Welcome address by Dr. Helmut Osang
Dr. Helmut Osang, Head of Media Development DW-AKADEMIE and co-founder of Forum Media and Development (FoME) speaking his welcome address.
Video by Frank Norden.
Workshop: Crowdsourcing Journalism. How to involve those closest to the story.
By Natalia Lazareva and Eira Martens
YouTube: 8 years of video content is being uploaded every day. Facebook: 250 million of photos are being uploaded every day. Twitter: while in September 2010 about 100 million of tweets were posted daily, their number reached 250 million in September 2011. What will the figures be for the year 2012? This question was posed at the workshop on the Day 2 of the FoMe Symposium by Gavin Sheridan, Innovation Director for Storyful, a news agency for the social media age, based in Dublin, Ireland.
Workshop: Augmenting New and Old. Open-Source in Radio and Newsrooms
By Gerhard Schneibel and Eira Martens
On Day 2 of the FoME 2011 Symposium, participants joined workshop sessions for a more in-depth look at specific topics. Adam Thomas, of Prag-based Sourcefabric shared with participants some strategies for implementing open source software in their newsrooms.
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