citizen journalism

Civic media, citizen journalism and role of information in democracy

Sanjana Hattotuwa
August 04, 2011 04:13

A brief interview with the Ashoka Foundation, conducted during the 2011 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference in Boston. Filed under: ICT for Peacebuilding, Interesting content on ICT4Peace Tagged: Citizen journalism, civic media, Groundviews, ICT, Sri LankaA brief interview with the Ashoka Foundation,...

Attending 2011 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference

Sanjana Hattotuwa
June 10, 2011 15:06

Stepping into the MIT Media Lab is akin to leaving this world, and stepping into a different one. I chanced into the building to meet Ethan Zuckerman earlier this year as part of the ICT4Peace Foundation‘s work, and will step in again in two weeks time as a participant at the 2011 MIT-Knight...

First Circuit Hears Argument on Right to Record in Public

June 08, 2011 23:18

This morning, I attended a hearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case of Glik v. Cunniffe, which raises important questions regarding the existence of a constitutional right to record the activity of police officers in public areas and the scope of Massachusetts...

Announcing OpenCourt

May 12, 2011 18:37

It is a fundamental principle of the United States legal system that courts should be open to the public.  This principle is widely regarded as more aspirational than factual, because of numerous practical barriers to courtroom access -- not the least of which is that most of us do not have the...

3 day training course on new media

Sanjana Hattotuwa
April 15, 2011 01:57

I recently conducted a 3 day course on new media for students, coming from academia as well as mainstream journalism, at the Sri Lanka College of Journalism. In 2010, I did a similar course for the SLCJ Faculty and senior administration staff to build internal capacity to engage with new media....