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If you want to use the power of citizen journalism databases, like Washington post’s US Congress Votes database , here is a list of citizen journalism databases that can come handy.

In a world where large volumes of information can be produced in the blink of an eye, citizen journalists need tools to access and cross-reference [...]

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An interesting review by Time Magazine reveals about web 2.0

But the latest data on Internet participation reveals that only a very small percentage of Internet activity is related to users creating and publishing content. The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, states that 80% of all consequences stem from 20% of the [...]

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I came across this video yesterday.

I would suggest it is a must watch for all those, who want to know what open source is all about and how sharing of information can help both the parties involved, tremendously.

Out of many solutions that you might be using everyday as a result of Open Source revolution [...]

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During the media conference in Nashville, one of the sessions I attended was by David Hudson, who is a Research Attorney at First Amendment Center and a contributing editor for American Bar’s Association’s Preview of United States Supreme Court cases.

One of the issues that was discussed in the lecture was, the speed that legal infrastructure [...]

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In October, Mashable.com did a survey on average age of YouTube user to be 27. I assume the average age of prosumer was similar, isn’t it? Wrong!!

Ralph Braseth showed me one of the videos his 13 year old son, Bailey made , casting members of his skateboard club.

I found it much more professionally shot and [...]

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In response to my last post, many people asked for invitations to Joost.

People from Joost have provided me with three invitations to give away.

Let me know if you want one, and give Joost a try. They will be given strictly on first come first serve basis. Drop me an email at admin at_the_rate_of ournewsnetwork.com (replace [...]

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What a horrible news!

Another school massacre! Out of 31 notable school massacres listed in Wikipedia, 23 occoured in United States and Canada. Its a hard fact [...]

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You did an amazing job on the website, Arvinder. Hats off to you!

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I received this email response from Stephen Goforth on my post on Joost.

Stephen Goforth is joining University of Mississippi as a broadcast manager/assistant professor of journalism, and is presently working with CNN.

After reading your post on OurNewsNetwork about Joost, I’m curious your take on the new, as-of-yet unnamed video network (below).. given that Joost’s main [...]

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I added some photos to the Flickr group.

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