France 24: The Observers
In addition to acting as the Caucasus Editor for Global Voices Online, some exciting news, I hope. I’ve been asked to act as the Armenia coordinator/contact person for a new online media project set up by France 24.
The Observers is a France 24 site that aims to:
Enrich our coverage of international current affairs with eyewitness accounts from ‘observers’- that’s to say those people who are at the heart of events. Videos, texts, photos- none of the content is produced by professional journalists- but everything is selected, verified, translated and explained by our team.
Give you the opportunity to discuss current affairs with ‘observers’ chosen by France 24, or with ‘friends’, sorted according to their expertise and interests.
France 24 had a very interesting televised discussion about The Observers project and the impact of the Internet on journalism which includes an insight into the Internet and blogging in Iran from the editor there. It’s available as streaming video here or below. Very interesting and worth a look.
The site is currently in beta, but I’ll update readers as of when. It’s probably also worth noting that I’m also the Armenia Country Editor for Oneworld.net, which reminds me. I need to update the Armenia Country Guide this week.
I might also be involved in a regional photographic project, but for now I can’t say more than that. It will be very interesting, though.
My congrats, and good luck!!!
Comment by uzogh — December 12, 2007 @ 12:10 am
congrats!!!
Comment by ARTYOM — December 12, 2007 @ 4:21 am
Congrats, Onnik! Now we have two Observers
Comment by artmika — December 12, 2007 @ 4:52 am
Great stuff! Congrats… and very intersting video by the way!
Comment by Observer — December 13, 2007 @ 1:56 pm