This post should go live just as I finish my talk on ‘Citizen Journalism’ somewhere in Birmingham.  I’m actually writing this at 5am before getting ready to leave and catch my train.

It’s been a weird thing to write – I had no idea who my audience would be.  Would they be hard-bitten editors of national newspapers?  Would they be bloggers seeking insight into citizen journalism, or would it be a mix of all different people.

So I decided to keep my talk pretty simple, not concerning myself with the nuts and bolts of how ‘us’ and ‘them’ (an what a distiction that is!) would work together.  I even stopped myself from trying to predict the future.

Instead I thought that I’d tell everyone about two ethical concerns that have popped up in the last few weeks, and have a discussion around them.  There is going to be a panel discussion in the afternoon which I’m more looking forward to – hopefully they won’t mistake the simplicity of the presentation with a simplicity of my mind.

If you are interested in the presentation, there is a Powerpoint file for download.  Note that some images may be copyrighted, that the powerpoint goes with the presentation and that I do indeed have cute animals in it.  If there is a video, I’ll try to make it available for download.

I’ll update later with how it went.