If We Didn't Build it, They Wouldn't Come: Citizen Journalism is Discovered - The Harsh Reality of the New World Media, By Robert Paisola
Over
the past two years, the way in which American's receive their news has
changed. No longer does the father come home, kick off his shoes, and
read the day’s events in the local newspaper such as THE NEWARK ADVOCATE, A Gannett Publication, based in Newark, Ohio.
As a matter of fact, Forbes Magazine did a story late last year that received national attention that was entitled:
Timber! Newspaper Circulation Falls Again
Forbes Magazine states that "The slide in U.S. newspaper circulation is picking up speed"
"Daily
circulation fell 3.57% from the same period last year for 530 U.S.
newspapers reporting a Monday-through-Friday average for the six months
ended March 31, 2008 according to data released by the Audit Bureau of
Circulations. Among the 601 papers reporting Sunday circulation,
circulation dropped 4.59%. Those numbers compare to declines of 2.6%
for daily circulation and 3.5% for Sunday circulation during the six
months ended Sept. 30.
Bucking the trend: Gannett's (nyse: GCI -
news - people ) USA Today, the nation's largest-circulation daily, with
average daily circulation of 2,284,219, up 0.27% and The Wall Street
Journal, the second-largest daily, which said daily circulation inched
up 0.35% to 2,069,463. The Journal was acquired in December 2008 by
News Corp. (nyse: NWS - news - people ).
Among other top
papers, the numbers looked far worse. The New York Times, the
third-largest newspaper, which is facing stiffer competition from the
Journal, saw daily circulation slide 3.85% to 1,077,256, while Sunday
circulation tumbled 9.3% to 1,476,400.
The industry's most
pressing problem isn't the state of print circulation, which has been
in decline since the mid-1980s. Instead, it is figuring out how to
generate more advertising revenue from both its shrinking but still
lucrative print product and its growing online properties.
Still, nothing here should be seen as good news, says Forbes.
The
biggest loser in average daily circulation among the 25 largest
newspapers was A.H. Belo's (nyse: AHC - news - people ) Dallas Morning
News, which absorbed a 10.6% drop to 368,313. Other large newspapers
reporting sharp daily circulation declines included the New York Times
Co. (nyse: NYT - news - people )-owned Boston Globe (down 8.3%), The
Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. (down 7.4%), the Star Tribune of
Minneapolis (down 6.7%) and the Detroit Free Press (down 6.45%). Those
with smaller-than-average losses included the New York Daily News (down
2.1%), the New York Post (down 3.1%), the Houston Chronicle (down
1.8%), the St. Petersburg Times (down 2.1%) and the San Diego
Union-Tribune (down 2.6%).
So, what does this all mean to YOU, the American Public?
Well,
there is only one question that we must ask ourselves. With the advent
of the internet and the media statistical data clearly pointing to the
fact that we now live in a GOOGLE controlled world, further
demonstrated that more Americans are now turning to the web as the
first line of contact on all issues, including the ones that we report
on this site, such as The Harry Blausey Case in Newark, Ohio; The Rick
Koerber Case in Salt Lake City, Utah and the National Olympic Swimming
Hero Michael Phelps, who is being berated in North Carolina for his
"alleged" incident involving the smoking of an illegal substance, and
many others that you will read about on this site.
What is the
difference in the way that news is now gathered and how can you create
your own forum to simply state what you believe to a worldwide audience.
The
days of the daily editorial meeting and "pitch sessions" to Newspaper
and Television Editors and Producers are OVER. Why? Because, why they
are in their meetings discussing how things SHOULD LOOK in America,
there are those of us who are DOING. Do you see the difference?
The
issue of Citizen Journalism has become so big that for the first time
in history, Bloggers are now being credentialed as official media. They
are able to cover International Issues such as The National Democratic
and Republican Conventions. These Americans are now being granted full
access to organizations such as THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL. Many case studies have proven that Americans want
firsthand accounts on stories, detailed on site investigations that are
not biased and real honest factual data.... and they would rather get
it from their peers than from an "Executive Team" at a large news
organization.
Most all of the major news organizations around
the world now have entire units that deal with the acceptance and
deliverance of CITIZEN JOURNALISM to the masses. CNN established a site
located at www.ireport.com
where individual citizens can partner with the "Worlds News Leader" to
deliver content for broadcast to an international Audience. MSNBC has a
site located at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6639760/ that gives the VIEWER the chance to now BECOME the story and to PARTICIPATE.
Recently
we covered the Republican National Convention for CNN I REPORT. CNN had
a "Kick Off" party at the OMNI hotel in Atlanta, Georgia in February
where they passed out CNN Credentials and told the audience in
attendance that "the power is now in your hands"
According to
Turner Broadcasting, In 2008, CNN.com took a "bold step" with the
launch of iReport.com, CNN’s user-generated news community. From its
February launch through the end of 2008, the site registered more than
214,000 iReport.com contributors and received more than 188,000 photo
and video submissions (Source: CNN/iReport Internal Database).
According to Nielsen Online, iReport.com averaged 2.5 million unique
visitors, 9.6 million page views and 10.1 million total minutes per
month in 2008.
This gave many Americans a worldwide forum, and
established the framework for what would soon become the norm.
Reporters such as myself, Robert Paisola
and my Company Western Capital Multimedia, immediately saw this as an
opportunity to reach a worldwide audience, however we had to quickly
make the decision of whether we would simply provide basic "camera
phone reporting" or would we simply "Go for it" and dedicate ourselves
to creating the best caliber content possible. We choose to invest over
$100,000.00 in High Definition Video, Sound, Lighting, Editing and
Software to give us the opportunity to submit instant and live news
reports to CNN, but many other news organizations around the world. Has
this investment paid off? Absolutely!
Because of this decision,
we have now created an entire unit of our company that deals with
international media issues. We have a press officer that deals with the
media who are swarming to seek our assistance in covering stories. We
have hired programmers, editors and writers. Why? Because it makes
financial sense.
We deal with organizations around the world
that are in desperate need of content. We follow the Requests posted by
the sites of what kind of stories they want. CNN has an entire section on News that they are requesting coverage on.
At
the end of the day, the investment we make in our broadcasting
facilities pays off. Our company ends up with VERY VALUABLE NEWS
FOOTAGE that we own outright. We create the content, the media around
the world reviews the data, and in many cases, SUBSTANTIAL money can be made from the video, digital data, digital photographs and news stories that are provided.
AND we still own the content. In case you are interested, our agent is
Maxton Sparks in Australia, and they do the heavy lifting in dealing
with the media around the world that want our product.
Do you NOW SEE My Friends HOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING!
Wikipedia
states that "According to Jay Rosen, citizen journalists "the people
formerly known as the audience," who "were on the receiving end of a
media system that ran one way, in a broadcasting pattern, with high
entry fees and a few firms competing to speak very loudly while the
rest of the population listened in isolation from one another— and who
today are not in a situation like that at all. ... The people formerly
known as the audience are simply the public made realer, less
fictional, more able, less predictable."
"Doing citizen
journalism right means crafting a crew of correspondents who are
typically excluded from or misrepresented by local television news:
low-income women, minorities and youth -- the very demographic and
lifestyle groups who have little access to the media and that
advertisers don't want," says Robert Huesca, an associate professor of
communication at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Public Journalism is now being explored via new media such as the use of mobile phones.
Mobile phones have the potential to transform reporting and places the
power of reporting in the hands of the public. Mobile telephony
provides low-cost options for people to set up news operations. One
small organization providing mobile news and exploring public
journalism is Jasmine News in Sri Lanka.
In 2004, when the
9.1-magnitude underwater earthquake caused a huge tsunami in Banda Aceh
Indonesia, news footage from many people who experienced the tsunami
was widely broadcast.
Dan Gillmor, former technology columnist
with the San Jose Mercury News, is one of the foremost proponents of
citizen journalism, and founded a nonprofit, the Center for Citizen
Media, to help promote it. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's
French-language television network has also organized a weekly public
affairs program called, "5 sur 5", which has been organizing and
promoting citizen-based journalism since 2001. On the program, viewers
submit questions on a wide variety of topics, and they, accompanied by
staff journalists, get to interview experts to obtain answers to their
questions.
Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York
University, was one of public journalism's earliest proponents. From
1993 to 1997, he directed the Project on Public Life and the Press,
funded by the Knight Foundation and housed at NYU. He also currently
runs the PressThink weblog.
So, now ask yourself if YOU CAN SEE the power that you have inside you. Do you see the power of YOUR VOICE in America?
Do
you notice the RESULTS of the cases that we cover? Do you notice how
quickly our stories are broadcast around the globe? This is no
accident. This is how it is. There is no turning back, and you can rest
assured that our organization, with its strong international media
alliances will continue to do what others have FAILED or REFUSED to do,
and that is to provide you with REAL DATA, REAL RECORDED CONVERSATIONS,
REAL VIDEO FEEDS and DIRECT ACCESS to the policy makers in America, as
we cover cases of injustice such as the HARRY BLAUSEY case in Newark,
Ohio. We do not need, nor seek the enforcement of Russ Zimmer, the
reporter at the Gannet Owned Newark Advocate who covered the Harry
Blausey trial; who when asked for comment on his 63 stories he had
written on the topic, simply said "please refer to my stories, I have
no comment"
Interesting. We will bring you more on that later.
This is our commitment to you... No matter what the cost.
Reporting from Salt Lake City, Utah
This is Robert Paisola for The Western Capital Multimedia Network and Fast Company Magazine
Copyright 2009 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
You know it as well as I do, that all motivional speakers are always talking about "Living in the Now" as opposed to the past or the future.
I know what you are thinking...You’ve heard it a thousand times. You’ve read about it for years. Most everyone has been exposed to the concept of living only in the present, without giving thought to what has happened in the past or being concerned about what may happen in the future.
As good as this advice is, we as humans can sometimes find it difficult to implement this ever so simplistic principle into our day to day lives.
Simple, yes. Easy, no.
In fact, to many it may initially appear to be impossible. The key word in that statement is appear. Until you know how, it will appear impossible.
But once you grasp this simple concept, once you are able to make the necessary shift in your thought process, and once you are able to understand how, fully accept why, and begin to learn to implement the awesome power that this principle holds, you’ll soon discover that your life will begin to change in a dramatic and seemingly miraculous way.
Mastery of this powerful principle is essential in relation to your ability to change the circumstances that you are now experiencing as your reality.
But how do you get to that point?
What steps are necessary to develop the ability to not be concerned with what currently appears to be huge insurmountable obstacles?
How is it possible to be able to ignore the experiences that have previously created hardship in various areas of life in the past, and learn to effectively shut off the thoughts of concern that these very things might be repeated in the future?
These are questions that I am routinely asked by students at my seminars around the world. All of these questions are valid and all seemingly impossible to master, until you begin to develop an understanding of how the human mind and the universe were created to operate harmoniously to bring about the events, conditions and circumstances that you experience in your day to day life.
That understanding, combined with the knowledge of basic and simplistic universal laws that determine how and why things happen as they do, will awaken you to new hope and unlimited possibilities that exist within you.
This understanding will allow you to banish from your mind, the illusions of fear, worry, and guilt, and allow you to begin to replace those counter productive emotions with those that will better serve in bringing about your desired outcomes.
So, how do you do that?…
The process must begin, first of all, with developing an understanding of where these emotions and concerns originate from and why we feel certain ways about the various events, conditions, and circumstances that we experience in our day to day lives.
To accomplish this, it is necessary to explore the inner workings of the human mind and develop a basic understanding of it’s operation, before you can effectively initiate a plan and begin to consciously make the changes that are necessary which allow you to begin attracting that which you want, and realizing how you have, to this point, been unconsciously attracting those things that you say you don’t want.
Once this basic understanding is mastered, the next step is discovering and developing an understanding of the ever so powerful, unfailing, and unwavering Universal Laws that determine each and every end result and which brings in to being the ultimate outcome of every thought, decision, action, event, and condition that we witness and experience in our day to day lives.
The third step is allowing the understanding of this new knowledge to permeate your innermost being, allowing it truths to become a part of you, which begins the internal process of allowing it to overwrite the self limiting, counter productive, and many times ill given advice that you have absorbed and established as truth to this point.
The fourth and final step is putting your newly acquired knowledge in to daily action and consistently and consciously applying each of the newly discovered principles acquired. The knowledge gained without proper application will be of no use to you.
It is through the application of this powerful wisdom that you will begin to experience a life that you previously considered to be out of reach.
You’ll soon discover that the things that you, at one time, found to be a struggle will begin to fall into place with unbelievable ease.
The once negative thoughts and emotions that at one point haunted you, will be replaced with feelings of well being, understanding and profoundly empowering deep inner peace.
The financial concerns that once concerned you will melt away and be replaced with a sense of assurance.
The past relationships that once seemed to be difficult or impossible will become effortless, fulfilling and satisfying.
The physical health that at one point was a constant concern will almost magically be renewed and you will emanate vitality, happiness, and energy far superior to anything that you have previously experienced.
Will it take effort on your part to come to realize and experience these results?
Yes.
Will it require discipline to go within and make the changes necessary to begin to experience the things discussed?
Absolutely.
Will it be necessary to seek out and find the real truth concerning the life that you were destined to experience and created to enjoy?
Most definitely.
Regardless of your viewpoint concerning spiritual matters these truths are set, unwavering, unbiased and totally without prejudice. These eternal laws work exactly the same for everyone whether you are young or old, black or white, Christian, Mormon, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Agnostic, or whatever other numerous labels man has contrived to place on the human population.
It is these very laws that are responsible for creating the events, conditions, and circumstances that you experience in your day to day life each and every minute of every day, regardless of who, what, or where you are.
Your awareness of them or ignorance to them is of no concellation. You are creating something every minute of every day. With this being true doesn’t it make sense to discover the process that will allow you to begin consciously creating that which you want?
Your newfound wisdom will allow you to begin the ever important process of living in the here and now, which is precisely where you want to be.
Now, the question is, which way will you choose to go?
To your Continued Success,
Robert Paisola
About The Author:
Robert Paisola is driven by a passion for people, motivating them to reach for the highest standards of success.
As founder and president of many International Corporations, Robert trains sales and marketing professionals who want to strive to get to the top...and stay there. His innovative, no-nonsense approach is based on applying what he has observed in his fifteen-plus years in sales, motivational speaking and training, thus revealing the common business habits of the top 20% of sales performers in all organizations.
Robert's approach works...that's why New York-based Success Magazine has rated Robert Paisola as one of the top-five most effective sales-training professional in the market today.
Routinely Distinguished by The National Speakers Forum, Robert is also a regular contributor to Business Week Magazine, XM Satellite Radio, The Wall Street Journal, Telemundo International, National Public Radio and many other organizations.
For more information on Robert Paisola's unique training programs, contact Robert at 1-877-517-9555 or visit RobertPaisola.com
Copyright 2009 Robert Paisola for Western Capital Multimedia
Having a Monkey Mind can be the Creative Spirit's worst enemy.
It is the voice that chatters relentlessly in your mind to stop you from what you really want to do. This is how you can recognize Monkey Mind in yourself:
Your Monkey Mind will:
- sabotage your best ideas by creating doubt
- sound real in your head but once voiced can be challenged
- relentlessly feed on fears, bringing up past failures
- throw a wrench into the gears just when action is to be taken
- jump in and stop you cold just before starting something new
- make you ask yourself: "What's wrong with me?"
- not have any mercy or value of your great ideas
- not give recognition for your strengths, talents, growth, achievements, improvements
- only see the negative sides and compare you to others by pointing out their strengths and your flaws
- make you feel guilty, doubtful, and undeserving of success
- make you say no to yourself and your goals, shutting the door to your dreams
- deny your needs, desires, fun
- wrecks your good intentions and get us stuck in a rut
- pull no stops - it keeps you going in circles
- be a good liar, deceiving you that monkey mind is the true voice of reason
Did you know that Monkey Mind inside us wants us to:
- maintain the status quo and prevent change
- stay comfortable and safe
- prevent growing and risk taking
- discount our inklings and intuition
- get stuck in a rut so we have something to complain about
By listening to Monkey Mind, we loose:
- opportunities
- possibilities
- freedom
- fun
- enjoyment
- growth
- spirit
- learning lessons
What are we afraid to loose when trying out new things and taking risks?
We are often afraid to loose:
- face
- friends
- finances
- fears
- familiarity
- family
- fans
- facts
- filters
- functions
- fights
How can you escape the claws of Monkey Mind?
- train yourself to recognize monkey mind
- be aware of monkey mind and go for your dreams anyway
- hire a coach who believes in your goals
- talk out loud what monkey mind says to you
- write down the monkey mind arguments and counter argue them
- treat yourself better than monkey mind would
- turn your experiences into learning lessons
- call your coach to build an action strategy to achieve your goals
- make a list of your past accomplishments, successes and skills you learned
- make a list of your talents and gifts that you are proud of
- say "thanks for your input monkey mind, but I have already decided to take this action. If it doesn't work out, it's a learning experience I needed to have"
- recognize the if ---- then ---- trap, know it is a trap when it's negative. Turn it into a positive.
- Remind yourself that old rules are meant to be re-written
- Should, would, could are typical monkey mind words to be discarded
- When all else fails, stay positive!
More Really Creative Monkey Mind Demolition Solutions:
- set your sights high, reach for the stars, and drop Monkey Mind off on the moon
- write "Monkey Mind" on a card board box and drive over it with your car. Satisfaction guaranteed!
- Write "monkey mind" on a rock and drop it over side of the bridge. Watch it sink.
- Write all your "so-called failures" on a piece of paper and then write down everything you have learned from these experiences. Then in your strongest voice, tell monkey mind off.
- Scream out loud: "Back off, you monkey mind!!"
- Say "Stop!" - then laugh as hard as you can
- Reward yourself every time you recognize monkey mind by saying to yourself: "I am a creative genius - I am smarter than monkey mind"
Robert Paisola is an international motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is an expert in the field of Personal Real Estate Investor Training, Debt Collector Abuse and Timeshare Scams. He is a professional motivational speaker, an international journalist, an author of five published books, including CONVERSATIONS ON SUCCESS.
What is one thing that you consider to be one of the top barriers that is keeping you from achieving personal success?
Well, in this specific article, IT IS NOT YOU! It's other people; more specifically, all of the negative people that YOU CHOSE to surround yourself with!
Did you know that YOU are the one who has the final decision to decide whether or not to LET these people affect you or not? Really, it is YOUR CHOICE! And yes, I know, sometimes it can feel as though you are being surrounded like a tidal wave of resistance. So... What do you do?
One thing that we know is that there is a lot of negativity in this world; we see it daily in the media, on the internet and in our personal lives. But why is it that so many people always seem to fear the worst in every situation, even though that thinking is simply not reality?
Pessimism and perpetual worrying about what others are thinking or believing about you and your activities on a constant basis will achieve nothing and can and will ultimately be extremely damaging.
We know that the basic Laws of Attraction state that we become magnets for whatever we focus our thoughts or attentions on - BOTH DESIRED AND THE UN-DESIRED! In other words, what you think about, dream about and worry about...YOU BECOME!
Your personal thoughts and actions truly CREATE your own personal reality. For example, right now, you may be focusing you attention on all of the NEGATIVE EVENTS in your life that simply are not working, both in your personal and financial life.
But, by dwelling on what isn't working for you or IS NOT happening in your life, you remain "STUCK", thus, attracting MORE OF THE EXACT SAME THINGS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO AVOID!
Did you know that Negative people tend to attract and give out negative or LIKE ENERGY? And simply by following the principles of the Law of Attraction, these same people that you are being attracted to are most likely the same people that are continually stuck in their own mediocrity, misfortune and dead end lives. Powerful Huh?
Now, strangers or casual acquaintances with poison and venom in their words are easy to deflect, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR SPOUSE, PARTNER, or CLOSE FRIEND is continually carrying around the negative energy that I am speaking of; how can you deal with someone who continually focuses their attention on being negative?
Will their doom and gloom eventually consume you? Or can you, through your actions and words, transfer your positive energy to them and assist them in parting their personal grey clouds that surround them and simply show them how they PERSONALLY can create the sunshine in their lives that they so deserve?
First of all, I want you to remember that YOU ALWAYS have a choice whether or not to participate. It takes two to argue or to create conflict, and you can always choose what you bring into YOUR life, YOUR space and what YOU choose to talk about.
For instance, if your partner or friend is always complaining again about what's wrong with their lives, you can either buy into their bleakness and turn the whole conversation into a groan fest, or you can take the conversation to a higher level by vibrating at a different frequency.
Try to get them to vibrate along with your brighter, more optimistic tone.
Here is an idea....Try asking yourself and the perpetual negative person this question "So what do you want?
Now, realize that complainers are not used to answering this kind of question, this is the type of question that forces them to CREATE CHANGE in their own personal lives and to become accountable for the situation that they are living in day to day. Simply put; it makes them uncomfortable.
But keep pressing forward with this line of questioning and you'll soon hear their words and tones change. They'll pick up your vibrational output and start to think of all of the potential solutions rather than all of their problems. They will start to focus on their blessings rather than the hardships.
The bottom line is DO NOT ALLOW YOUR LOVED ONES TO GET YOU DOWN! Instead, pick them up, dust them off and walk forward with them arm in are as you both CREATE and LOOK FORWARD to a brighter future together.
Here is the big question, Do you consider yourself CAPABLE of being one of the truly wealthy?
If you do, tell me, exactly what does the term “wealth” mean to you?
Over the years, I’ve made it my personal mission to take an in depth look at how people live in their daily lives in comparison to how they have created their long term financial foundation. I have determined that is quite clear which one will create true and long lasting wealth, as well as the “good life”.
But when you think of building your financial foundation, what does this mean for YOU, specifically?
I have coached hundreds of people on their decisive journey to move to their own financial pinnacle; to attain the life that they deserve to live. One common theme I’ve found is one of freedom.
The term “Freedom” means different things to different people. Maybe you choose to be literally free of all debts, and pay for everything in cash forever forward. Or, maybe you want to have the freedom to do what you want to do with your days, now that the issue of money has forever been fixed!
Possibly, you want to be free to make any choice you want, and to lead your life in any direction that you desire, and have the means with which to support your goals, motivations, dreams and desires.
Regardless of what your individual circumstance and vision are when it comes to building wealth, it is truly yours, and by choosing to live the dream that you choose, you will begin to feel the inner burning within your should to create the reality that you so deserve.
There is no person, company or organization that can do it for you. I can’t do it for you, but I can keep you on track heading toward your financial destination.
Just from listening to my clients and students, I can tell you that what you want, regardless of how you define it, is truly attainable. I also know from experience, that when we are forced to do something that really holds no appeal for us, the majority of us rebel. We either shut down mentally, or resist physically.
Your individual mental attitude is what will make the key difference between those that are successful in creating the reality of their dreams and those who do not.
Remember, No one else should impose their wishes and desires on you, because it will never ever work. You must have your own vision of what you want and only you know what that looks like!
The bottom line is that it is your vision and it is YOUR personalized, individualistic, wonderful, creative vision.
Take time now to develop it, and define your freedom. Look to your own personal horizon, where your wealth is waiting for you, no matter what that looks like!
