[MGP-Forum Announce] Using video in community journalism?

[Lisa Williams]

WickedLocal.com, a site sponsored by the Plymouth, MA newspaper, 
prominently features Wicked Local Girl, a video blog about local...stuff. 
The videoblog entry about Punk Rock Yoga is priceless.

Barry Parr wrote:
> We've been playing around with video quite a bit on Coastsider and I'm 
> discovering there are plenty of interesting things you can do with it 
> on the Web that go beyond what you can do with it on TV, either 
> broadcast news or public access.  You can see some of our work on this 
> page:
>
>   http://coastsider.com/index.php/site/C17/
>
> Lately, we've been doing too much public meeting coverage for my 
> taste. If you go further back, you'll see some interesting segments on 
> other topics. 
>
> Are other folks experimenting with video for 
> ultralocal/community/citizen journalism?  I'd like to talk about what 
> we've learned and what we'd like to know.  What is the ideal role for 
> video in this medium?
>
> bp
>
>
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> -- 
> Barry Parr
>
> http://coastsider.com
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Lisa Williams
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