http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/citizen-journalism Blog Articles Tagged with 'citizen-journalism' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/928509?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Baghdad, Iraq - Since the end of the Coalition Provisional Authority, and the establishment of the Transitional Government, and later the elected Iraqi government, there have been efforts to reconstruct Iraq s security forces. The Iraqi Army was i... Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:36:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/928509?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/925162?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Baghdad, Iraq - The Facility Protection Service has been the center of much controversy in recent years. We have profiled the bizarre security agency previously on Alive in Baghdad, interviewing a Sunni FPS guard who works in Adhamiya. Although at le... Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:25:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/925162?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/921451?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Baghdad, Iraq: The population of Iraq is estimated to be at least 50% under the age of 18. These children and adolescents are in dire straits due to the war. This Eid was no exception, as 15 women and children were killed in an American air raid and ... Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:42:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/921451?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/910654?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism BAGHDAD, ADHAMIYA - Home destructions have been a tool of war almost as long as war has been around. According to Wikipedia, It has been employed as a scorched earth tactic to deprive an advancing enemy of food and shelter, or to wreck an enemys econ... Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:12:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/910654?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/907402?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism BAGHDAD - November 23rd, 2006 was the second deadliest coordinated attack against civilians to date. The media covered the death toll and impact on property with graphic imagery. Unfortunately as with every previous attack, the impact on civilian sur... Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:49:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/907402?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/904216?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism When they began erecting a wall in Adhamiya the public response was varied, in Iraq, in the US, indeed around the world. Some responded with shock, others with outrage, others wondered why it hadnt been tried before. Most importantly, there was a rea... Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:53:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/904216?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/900770?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism It is contentious whether or not the US Surge has made Baghdad any safer. Many Iraqis have complained that the US version of security has led to vast divisions within Baghdad, and that sectarian violence has even further divided Baghdads already tens... Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:52:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/900770?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/897315?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism On Tuesday General David Petraeus will be testifying before the U.S. Congress, and President George W. Bush will reportedly address the nation about the situation in Iraq. This week we continue to evaluate the progress of the surge over the last 6 mo... Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:12:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/897315?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/894227?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism This week we look back at a tragedy that claimed more than 1000 lives. In 2005, Sunnis from the Adhamiya district saved dozens of Shia pilgrims from drowning in the Tigris. As the Iraq conflict is further cast in terms of civil war, it is important t... Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:19:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/894227?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/890827?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism While US officials on all sides criticize the Iraqi Parliaments failure to pass an oil law, no one is asking a more critical question to the governments local credibility and functionality, where is all the gas?Recently many officials in the US have ... Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:22:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/890827?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/887867?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism As weve reported recently, children are having a tough time living with the war. This week Hayder introduces us to Sameer Muhammad and is father, Muhammad Rubaie. Sameer and his father are now refugees living in Damascus. They, like many Iraqis, have... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:07:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/887867?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/884431?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism [We recently began offering voluntary paid subscriptions! Please consider donating five, ten, or twenty-five dollars a month to support Iraqi journalists.]Suhad, 36, wanted to go to college and become a journalist since she was young. Her parents, li... Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:26:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/884431?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/881111?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism At the end of July Oxfam released a report detailing the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. It was only the international community that needed this report, Iraqis know well how their country is falling apart around them. Neighborhoods such as Adhamiya lac... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:31:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/881111?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/878109?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0 writes about the NowPublic financing and takes issue with the terms citizen journalism (which I admit is a terrible term) and crowdsourcing (which I actually kind of like). He says that what is going on at Now... Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:28:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/878109?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/877622?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism NowPublic.com the citizen journalism site based in Vancouver has turned down takeover bids from two major media entities (both based outside of North America) and closed a $10.6-million financing round with a series of U.S. and Canadian... Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/877622?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/877880?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Children are nearly always cited as the most desperate group in any refugee crisis. They are also, unfortunately, too often depicted in archetypal photos, too simplistic to depict the reality of the crisis. This week Hayder Fahad speaks with several ... Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:50:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/877880?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/874130?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Last week we introduced you to the Palestinians of the Al-Waleed Camp, just a few of the millions of refugees from the war and ongoing violence in Iraq. This week we'll look a little more closely at life in this desert encampment, and hear a little b... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:34:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/874130?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/870975?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism Through some bizarre confluence of events, we have not one but two restrospectives on two separate citizen journalism or crowdsourced media projects today Backfence, which recently announced it was shutting down, and Assignment Zero, which ... Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:18:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/870975?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/870349?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism As death tolls and temperatures rise in Baghdad, Iraqis are not the only ones suffering in Iraq, and may not even be the worst off. Each difficulty that has been experienced by an Iraqi Arab or Kurd, or Turkoman or Assyrian, has been experienced by a... Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:47:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/media/shows/alive-in-baghdad/870349?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/867009?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism I wrote about this last week bloggers covering the attacks on a radical mosque in Pakistan but wanted to return to the subject in a little more depth:On some metro-blogs such as Torontoist.com or NYCBloggers.com, a big day might be a ph... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:14:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/867009?rsstype=tag&tag=citizen-journalism