Costa Rica: Streaming Video Discussions on Citizen Journalism

Posted 8 October 2009 18:10 GMT

Countries	Costa Rica, Cuba, Spain
Topics	Technology, Economics & Business, Media & Journalism, Digital Activism
Languages	Spanish

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Français	· Costa Rica : Une discussion participative sur le journalisme citoyen diffusée sur Internet
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Last night 300 users tuned in to the video streaming from the Spanish Cultural center, where three journalists with extensive experience with citizen media from Spain, Costa Rica and Cuba: Rosa Jiménez Cano, Cristian Cambronero and Lazaro Rodriguez spoke about the transformation of journalism as it adapts to the new forms of media.

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