@philip I'm curious about how the state determined the order in which level crossings in Victoria will be removed. Was it a simple model based on traffic volume at major intersections (e.g., Bell Street). Did it include time-of-day metrics? Commercial traffic versus private commuter vehicles?

There has to be an Excel spreadsheet.

My guess is that whatever method was used has been conveniently deemed "commercial in confidence" and we won't know. Even with an FoI request.

Noting that "Commercial in Confidence" does not exist to protect proprietary professional methodologies, as we are told. Rather, it is an effective way to hide information that could be used in future litigation.

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ICYMI: I wrote a piece for Organise Magazine about the radical media network known as Mutu that has gone from strength to strength, growing beyond France -- and how, here in the UK, we could finally leave behind our "silos" to embrace non-hierarchical, non-commercial, local autonomous media: https://organisemagazine.org.uk/loam-local-autonomous-media-theory-and-analysis/ #CitizenJournalism #media #IndyMedia #RadicalMedia #AlternativeMedia #Anarchism #AntiCapitalism #AntiFascism

It's good to talk about alternative media but we have to be anti-establishment media - which means not being hierarchical and not being commercial. The Mutu Network out of France is a good model to replicate. And that's what some of us are doing in the UK. See my article here (and get in touch if you're interested!): https://organisemagazine.org.uk/loam-local-autonomous-media-theory-and-analysis/ #anarchist #anarchism #media #RadicalMedia #AlternativeMedia #CitizenJournalism #journalism #MutuNetwork #LoAM #LocalAutonomousMedia #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #antifascism #antifascist #IWW

Imagine an online space where you could go to not only receive the latest news about actions in your locality, but also share information about campaigns or events – without driving more traffic to the digital capitalists of Facebook and Twitter, who continue to ban anti-fascists.

Those who recall #IndyMedia will not only be familiar with the concept, but also lament its lack of editorial oversight and eventual collapse under the weight of conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism that have no place in antifascist media.

Last year, the #IWW celebrated writers at The Canary overthrowing management and becoming a workers’ co-operative. But even now, much like the #BylineTimes (a private company with directors), #TheCanary still faces a battle for online clicks within the commercial landscape.

It’s useful to remember that the term “freedom of the press” did not originally mean the media marketplace, but literally the freedom to publish using a printing press: #CitizenJournalism, based on the spirit of #MutualAid.

It is mutual aid that inspired the name of France’s #MutuNetwork that today has over a dozen regional websites in not just #France, but also #Switzerland and #Austria, reporting on striking workers, occupying students, and other local struggles, operated in a non-hierarchical but also non-commercial way – true citizen journalism, with a set of agreed standards.

Several of us media activists have started to discuss how we could develop Local Autonomous Media (or #LoAM) in the UK after hearing about the success of #Mutu. We’ve set up chat groups and even held Jitsi meetings online with Mutu contributors in Switzerland. And we’re looking to set in place the building blocks to create something similar in the UK.

If you’re interested, contact me or email loam at riseup dot net.

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#ABSCBNNews' #citizenjournalism arm #BayanMoIpatrolMo wins exemplary award from Youth Lead Philippines.

"Powerful reporting from the ground by Rohingya citizens Rashid and Ahmed, featured in Al Jazeera's exclusive 101 East documentary."

#Rohingya #CitizenJournalism #AlJazeera #101East #Rakhine
https://youtu.be/hkZaWytHzCc

@atomicpoet “common folk usually provide firsthand accounts of events as they happen” = citizen journalism

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Dr @JoanBarata (@justitiaorg) regrets the narrow view of media taken in the #MediaFreedomAct, as it fails to recognise and support other emerging forms of reporting or journalism

🌐 https://informationlabs.org/podcasts/media-lab/joanbarata-21march23/

#EMFA #MediaFreedom #CitizenJournalism

"While mainstream news media may be unpopular for large sections of society, people still want to be informed. For many people, citizen journalists on YouTube are a trusted source."

#youtubers #YouTube #journalism #CitizenJournalism #Ukraine #Russia #WarReporting #RussianInvasion #UkraineWar #NewsMedia #Commodon @commodon

https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/from-youtubers-to-war-reporters-citizen-journalism-and-the-ukraine-war,17359

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland has been put aside for so long by the main stream media. It's time to put a stop! We can't lose our voice!

Bylines Network is our platform, which deals with all the admin costs involved. Let us keep it alive!

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Okay, we're finally doing this! What areas of the #UK are keen to be a starting point, or pilot, for a Britain-based version of France's #Mutu #radical #media model? Some online infrastructure and resources are now already available! As the saying goes, we have to start somewhere. #LFG! #MutualAid #community #journalism #CitizenJournalism #anarchism #anarchist #leftist #socialist #communist #socialism #communism #anticapitalism #antifascism #antifascist #union #unions https://libcom.org/article/mutu-network-revival-french-radical-media

Okay, we're finally doing this! What areas of the #UK are keen to be a starting point, or pilot, for a Britain-based version of France's #Mutu #radical #media model? Some online infrastructure and resources are now already available! As the saying goes, we have to start somewhere. #LFG! #MutualAid #community #journalism #CitizenJournalism #anarchism #anarchist #leftist #socialist #communist #socialism #communism #anticapitalism #antifascism #antifascist #union #unions https://libcom.org/article/mutu-network-revival-french-radical-media

We welcome our new Editor In Chief Lauren Bayliss, who at 23, is the youngest in the Bylines Network.

If you are interested in having your voice heard in a world dominated by those that underrepresent us, then please get in contact by email at editor@northwestbylines.co.uk
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Remembering hopeful papers and seminars about "citizen journalism" fifteen years ago and seeing Elon Musk use it now to promote Glenn freaking Beck 😭😭

#TheFutureTurnedOutShit #citizenjournalism #ElonMusk

Appeals court to decide if First Amendment should have protected Laredo’s “big crazy lady” from arrest https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/06/first-amendment-laredo-journalist/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune #Laredo #LaredoTX #LaredoTexas #CitizenJournalism #CitizenJournalist #QualifiedImmunity #AppealsCourt #FirstAmendment #1stAmendment

Appeals court to decide if First Amendment should have protected Laredo’s “big crazy lady” from arrest https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/06/first-amendment-laredo-journalist/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social via @TexasTribune #Laredo #LaredoTX #LaredoTexas #CitizenJournalism #CitizenJournalist #QualifiedImmunity #AppealsCourt #FirstAmendment #1stAmendment

Excellent revisit of what Citizen journalism stands for, in the age of bloggers and influencers (and how the FTX story might be a new turning point), by @taylorlorenz. Even if you know what #DramaChannels and #TeaAccounts are, this is still a must-read.
#journalism #CitizenJournalism @communicationscholars #commodon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/05/ftx-citizen-journalism/

#CitizenJournalism 🤦🏻‍♂️

#Sunwing apologizes after rep tells Ontario family he could make them stay in Mexico 'forever': “The behaviour, which was witnessed by several passengers and captured on cell phone video, was “inappropriate”, a spokesperson said.” https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/sunwing-apologizes-after-rep-tells-ontario-family-he-could-make-them-stay-in-mexico-forever-1.6213176 #racism #citizenjournalism