The title of my podcast is “Security 101 for Gen Zers.” This podcast is all about the ins and outs of security, on and off line. As we have found ourselves in the Digital Era, security has been a hot topic that holds a lot of importance in this day and age. We have seen stories in the media about things like security breaches and our personal data being used against us while used for profit by tech companies.
This episode of the podcast is all about password management. I asked Bill Danigelis, my father, who is a Strategic Account Manager at a tech company called Onapsis, to share some expertise about the topic.
Key terms: Password Manager: software application used to store and manage passwords Credential Stuffing: a type of cyberattack where stolen account credentials are used to gain unauthorized access to user accounts through large-scale automated login requests
Citizen journalism is when the public plays an active role in producing and sending journalistic information out into the world. This has come into play in more recent history as anyone with a smartphone and internet connection can record or photograph something that is happening to share it on social media. This has sparked a debate among the journalism community whether or not citizen journalism is “real journalism.” Some argue, especially those who are journalists themselves, that every day citizens should not have the same recognition because they do not have the same experience and qualifications. This is due to the fact that journalists go to school, study, and work for years to be successful in the profession. On the other hand, people promote citizen journalism because they believe that it has major benefits in the Information Society.
Davies Merritt was the first person to bring this idea into fruition when he wrote about civic journalism. Although one has led to the other, people today claim that there is a clear difference between the two terms. Civic journalism is when journalists reach out to their viewers, listeners, and readers to find out what they want to know. This is then allows the journalist to send out the information that the people are interested in. In 1995, Nicholas Negroponte, an American architect, wrote in his book ‘Being Digital’ that the future of journalism on the internet was leading toward the consumers having the ability to have a voice in what they want. This has led to the area of the sharing space that we are familiar with today. With technology continuing to advance, we have had the ability to reach to a new territory where the consumers now have the power to produce their own information. This was something that only the journalists had the power to do through the television and radio prior to Web 2.0 and the integration of social media into everyday life.
There are many benefits that come with citizen journalism. First of all it is free. The only tool it requires is a smartphone which the average person already has invested in and carries with them at all times every day. Additionally, the information that is captured by citizens can add to a story that a journalist has done. For example, if there is a huge fire in California that a journalist is reporting on, they could use video footage from a citizen that was there before the camera crew and the reporter could reach the scene. Today, as this is becoming more and more of a reality, it is important for all citizens to keep in mind the principles of journalism. Some of the most important of these are transparency and precision. This is important in order to establish credibility and trust.
This is one of Britainβs biggest citizen journalism projects.
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Citizen journalism is affecting the ways that we hear, see, and read the news every single day. Despite the conflict in its upcoming, this is the future. Technology, the internet, and social media have drastically changed the course of many careers in all aspects of life. As this is our reality, it is crucial for users to seize these changes and adapt, especially journalists.
MoJo is a new form of journalism that is becoming more and more popular in recent years. Essentially, mobile journalism is media storytelling that is created through smartphones and internet connection. Now that it is common for most people to own a portable electronic device of some kind, they have the ability to produce journalism super simply. Videos, images, and recordings can all be shot, edited, and sent out to the media with the use of internet connection and very minimal gadgets.
Nick Garnett is a journalist at BBC that has had an impact on spreading the word about MoJo. He found that he could produce the same journalistic stories without a fancy camera or a crew. Garnett has shown the quality pieces that he has produced with simply his smartphone, a tripod, a microphone, and an internet connection. This has inspired others to take their journalistic work into their own hands and create content with the tools that they already have with them everywhere they go.
Huge news for mobile journalism. Edit on the fly and add post-production elements and formatting in Final Cut. #mojohttps://t.co/QlVlod0vgR
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One of the positive aspects of MoJo is that you have your own freedom to create content anywhere. You can make a story just by using your phone to record and edit. This makes it easier for you to have full topical and creative control of your work. More positives are that it is very portable, cheap, and quick. On the other hand, the negative aspects of MoJo are ill-stability, poor lighting, and lower quality audio. Yet, all of these things can be improved with simple tools and tricks.
This concept is something that isn’t so foreign to my generation. For years people have been using their phones to record and edit videos for Youtube and other social media about their lives. This is just simply applying that to journalism and making it about telling stories. Thinking of it this way may even help others who have built a career off of making Youtube videos. At times I find myself bored when watching a vlog that had no plot. I’m likely to click off of a video of someone’s everyday tasks, but I find myself interested when there is action, a climax, and a resolution in the video. This morphs the content into a story, which is essentially the core of journalism.
I think that this concept can be applied to my travels so easily. I’m never without my phone and I’m constantly taking pictures and videos of what I’m doing. By adding in the basics of a story (the who, what, when, where, why, and how), facts, and interviews, you’ve got a journalistic piece. This has really shown me the true power of our smartphones in so many aspects of life. People today are creating their entire career through the use of smart phone content and social media. Studying this has inspired me to utilize the tools that I carry around with me in my iPhone.
In my opinion, it is extremely important to hop on the trends and changes in technology in all careers in order to stay the most competitive. I think that MoJo is a great example of the journalism world adapting to the new technologies that are a such huge part of our lives.
For more information click here to be directed to the Mobile Journalism Manual website.
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