Wonderful article via Reuters on the rise of citizen journalism, the power of people armed with cell phones and differences in the American and British business environments that leaves this emerging media seeking to define itself despite its recent highlights during the London subway bombings last fall and advantages of virtually unlimited news sources. 

Scoopt is a site allowing for budding photo journalists armed with nothing but a camera phone to make some quick cash - "Point Shoot and Sell" was their call when Forbes first reported on this venture saying "Regular folks, armed with digital cameras or camera phones, who happen to be in the right place at the right time are finding a national outlet for capturing breaking news.."

Vince Cerf often labelled the "Father of the Internet" now works for Google and was the keynote speaker at the Third Annual Conference On Innovative Journalism at Stanford Univeristy in California. Vince shared commentary on the growth of the internet especially in emerging countries, usage of XML and RSS technology as marketing tools, the growth of video blogging and how the mobile handheld device is becoming a mainstream tool for creating and publishing personal content.

Called "Left, Right and Center" this project by FABRICA; is an interactive installation selected to coincide with the upcoming Italian national election, focusing on the power and creative expression of citizen media through the use of mobile phones.

Mobile blogging is a new trend and therefore the social aspect of it is vastly important. A friend e-mailed  this link today. The SCILS is the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University with the sole intent of researching the "social aspects of mobile communication." We list a short into below and plan to check their publications frequently from this point forward.

Hoping to spur more bloggers into using video for their online diaries, VideoEgg Inc. is integrating its video publishing technology with blogging company Six Apart Ltd.'s TypePad service" reported PCMag last summer. The software is -essentially a "universal adaptor" for videos and currently available as a browser plugin.

The University of Dayton has started a "mobile blog" allowing prospective college students to find out more abou the school and interect with students entirely through handheld devices. Plans to incorporate podcasting and mobile video are also in the works. UrlWire reports this as being a growing tend in campus admission offices as mobile devices continue to spread among teens and internet savvy users.

Source: UrlWire.com