I am amazed by Bronwen, my Twitter friend, who founded PerthNorg. She is teaching me what a Norg is and I want to help her pimp her very important and wonderful meme, Norg… Here is the sort answer as to what a Norg is, “norg is short for news organization. But not the corporate, MSM news organizations we have come to know – this is a new organization run by the people. It’s putting all the new media theories into practice.”
From Twitter and email:
chrisabraham “d bronwen I want you to show me a definition of Norg in more than 140 words… I can blog…”
bronwen: @chrisabraham: On it, sending you an email in a minute
Here is Bronwen’s email:
“Bit of info – use what you want. Ok well “norg” is short for news organisation. But not the corporate, MSM news organisations we have come to know – this is a new organisation run by the people. It’s putting all the new media theories into practice.
A Norg is a community news blog – people can link to news they think is important, write a news story, embed a video story, create a podcast or upload original photos. And comment .
Everyone who joins becomes a journalist – or Cit J as we call them.
I created the concept and developed it from scratch some time last year.
My company Norg Media hopes to launch other norgs very soon (currently getting funding together – spread the word).
I used the word Norg because it best described what I was trying to create. The word come from a conference held in Philly, see here:
http://norgdom.perthnorg.com.au/2006/08/24/about-those-norgs/
This is how we describe PN on the site: PerthNorg is a news site with a twist – you are in control. By becoming a Cit J you can link, write, record or take a photograph of the stories that matter to you.
You then vote for the stories you feel are important. It is your news, your views. So, join the media evolution now.
I await more questions if you have them ;)
Bronwen”
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Thanks Chris,
You are a star. Happy to chat about “Norgs” with anyone else. Just drop me a line at bronwenc at perthnorg dot com dot au.
I think citizen journalism/social media has a real future and I’m thrilled that we have been honored in the Webby’s along with the likes of Bloomberg, AOL and CNN. The fact that we have been recognised along with some of the biggest media companies in the world makes me think that the times they are a-changing …