http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/08/america-at-sidewalk-level-placeblogs-as-a-lens-into-citizen-journal/ Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/08/america-at-sidewalk-level-placeblogs-as-a-lens-into-citizen-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Citizen Media Watch » Placeblogger - a new hub for hyperlocal blogging in the States Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:31:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/08/america-at-sidewalk-level-placeb#comment-305 [...] “Placeblogger.com’s goal is to serve the community of placebloggers”, said Lisa Williams at a presentation at The Berkman Center at Harvard. She wants to make it easier for placebloggers to find eachother, among other things by using geotagging. The site also provides OPML readinglists for each country (there are a few placeblogs listed outside the US, but they’re not many), state and city. Each blog is pinned to a map, has a short description and a few lines of the most recent posts. There’s a Yahoo Group and mailing list connected to the site. It’s also a one stop shopping for people who are interested in citizen journalism in the United States. You can actually see, instead of just theorize. [...] [...] “Placeblogger.com’s goal is to serve the community of placebloggers”, said Lisa Williams at a presentation at The Berkman Center at Harvard. She wants to make it easier for placebloggers to find eachother, among other things by using geotagging. The site also provides OPML readinglists for each country (there are a few placeblogs listed outside the US, but they’re not many), state and city. Each blog is pinned to a map, has a short description and a few lines of the most recent posts. There’s a Yahoo Group and mailing list connected to the site. It’s also a one stop shopping for people who are interested in citizen journalism in the United States. You can actually see, instead of just theorize. [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/08/america-at-sidewalk-level-placeblogs-as-a-lens-into-citizen-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Doctor Daisy » placeblogger preview Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:08:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/11/08/america-at-sidewalk-level-placeb#comment-71 [...] Here is a video of today’s talk and here’s a link to the podcast, both of which are available on the Media Berkman blog. You can even reach it via Second Life. [...] [...] Here is a video of today’s talk and here’s a link to the podcast, both of which are available on the Media Berkman blog. You can even reach it via Second Life. [...]

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