Comments on: Orato.com turns its back on citizen journalism http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Jack Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:30:13 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-922 Orato is a content mill now, and the articles are edited to the point that they lack any personality. Photos are sterile. In short, it's a very boring online place to get pseudo information. Orato is a content mill now, and the articles are edited to the point that they lack any personality. Photos are sterile. In short, it’s a very boring online place to get pseudo information.

]]> By: Citizen Journalism Networks Stepping Up Editorial Standards « DigiDave - Journalism is a Process, Not a Product http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-921 Citizen Journalism Networks Stepping Up Editorial Standards « DigiDave - Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:33:39 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-921 [...] Hermida wrote a post on Reportr.net titled “Orato turns its back on citizen journalism,” in which he notes that the site used to focus on first person narratives of events [...] [...] Hermida wrote a post on Reportr.net titled “Orato turns its back on citizen journalism,” in which he notes that the site used to focus on first person narratives of events [...]

]]> By: Alfred Hermida http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Alfred Hermida Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:31:26 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-920 Thanks for the comment, Joy. This <a href="http://blog.orato.com/?p=5" rel="nofollow">comment on Orato's blog written by you</a> seems dismissive of citizen journalism websites: "Citizen journalism has been alive and well long before Orato and is now as plentiful as bandwidth, as are the awards these sites give each other, but the real award worth earning is readership and that’s why the new Orato will print all the news that’s fit and not all that will fit." This could be read as suggesting that unedited contributions from the public have no value. Thanks for the comment, Joy. This comment on Orato’s blog written by you seems dismissive of citizen journalism websites:

“Citizen journalism has been alive and well long before Orato and is now as plentiful as bandwidth, as are the awards these sites give each other, but the real award worth earning is readership and that’s why the new Orato will print all the news that’s fit and not all that will fit.”

This could be read as suggesting that unedited contributions from the public have no value.

]]> By: Joy Gugeler http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Joy Gugeler Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:15:55 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-919 Orato’s articles are still rooted in intimate experience, still manifest the ways in which the news plays out in the lives of citizens, still relies on citizens to provide 95% of its content, but we reserve the right to edit these articles in exchange for professional advice, pay and publication. We haven’t turned our back on citizen journalism, we’ve reinvented it. Full post on <a href="http://blog.orato.com" rel="nofollow"> Orato's Speakeasy Blog </a>. Orato’s articles are still rooted in intimate experience, still manifest the ways in which the news plays out in the lives of citizens, still relies on citizens to provide 95% of its content, but we reserve the right to edit these articles in exchange for professional advice, pay and publication. We haven’t turned our back on citizen journalism, we’ve reinvented it. Full post on Orato’s Speakeasy Blog .

]]> By: Reportr.net: Orato.com ‘turns its back’ on citizen journalism | DAILYMAIL http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Reportr.net: Orato.com ‘turns its back’ on citizen journalism | DAILYMAIL Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:04:55 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-918 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

]]> By: Reportr.net: Orato.com ‘turns its back’ on citizen journalism | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://www.reportr.net/2009/06/01/orato-com-turns-its-back-on-citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Reportr.net: Orato.com ‘turns its back’ on citizen journalism | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:03:43 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=1639#comment-917 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

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