If morning shows the day, then the Year 2007 is going to interesting for the bloggers. Two magazines this month ran the stories of bloggers and blogging:-)
In VOW (Voice of Women), Rosha Basnet invited Darshan Karki (Zade), Sujana Upadhyay and Archana Shrestha for a regular column – My Cup of Tea. The World of Blogging is a nice reading as the female bloggers shared their experience of blogging.
The Infotiser ran a feature on blogging. It has experience of Deepak Adhikari, Sailendra Kharel, Archana and Zade. Sadly, the story hasn’t been online so far.
Meanwhile, have a look at the new report that says Citizen Media is Here to Stay.
Citizen journalism media and local news websites offering user-generated content influence their communities and are here to stay, according to a report released by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
The report was based on in-depth interviews of 31 different sites and a 60-question, online survey that targeted 500 citizen sites that could be identified in the fall of 2006 and generated 191 responses.
73%, of the survey respondents, pronounced their sites to be a ‘success,’ based largely on the impact in their communities. 82% said they provided opportunities for dialogue. 61% said they watchdogged local government. 39% said they helped the community solve problems. 27% said they increased voter turnout. 17% said they increased the number of candidates running for office.
More on the report.
