Oh Yeon-ho (born 18 September 1964) is the founder of "citizen journalism" in South Korea, and CEO of
OhmyNews
OhmyNews (Hangul: 오마이뉴스) is a South Korean online news website with the motto "Every Citizen is a Reporter". It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on February 22, 2000.
It is the first news website in Korea to accept, edit and publish artic ...
a new approach to cyber-journalism in which ordinary citizens can contribute to a major news organization through being at news events, filing reports, and having their work verified and edited by trained news staff. He is seen as one of the pivotal figures in the
contemporary culture of South Korea
The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean culture, with influence from ancient Chinese cul ...
.
Biography
Oh was born in 1964 in
Gokseong
Gokseong County (''Gokseong-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
Climate
Attractions
* Taeansa TempleCin Woo Le"Simply stunning: 33 incredible Korean temples" ''CNN Go''. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-12
* Neungpa Towe ...
. He graduated from
Yonsei University
Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the " SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in th ...
in 1988 with a degree in
Korean literature
Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classica ...
. He earned a master's degree in journalism from
Regent University
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in 1998 and has a PhD in mass-communication at
Sogang University
Sogang University (SU, Hangul: 서강대학교 Hanja: 西江大學校, literally "West River University") is one of the most prestigious private research universities in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1960 by the Wisconsin Province of ...
in
Seoul
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. In 2006, he received the
Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award Wharton may refer to:
Academic institutions
* Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
* Wharton County Junior College
* Paul R. Wharton High School
* Wharton Center for Performing Arts, at Michigan State University
Places
* Wharton, Ch ...
for his work with information technology, most specifically his pioneering development of OhmyNews and the society-transforming contributions that resulted.
Media career
* 1988–1999 Reporter, Chief Reporter in Monthly magazine ''Mahl''
* 1995–1997 Correspondent in Washington, DC in Monthly magazine ''Mahl''
* 22 Feb 2000 Founded OhmyNews, served as CEO and managing editor
* 2007–2009 President of Korea Internet Newspaper Association
Awards
* May 2001 Awarded: The Media Grand Prize of This Year
* October 2001 Selection: 55 people of South Korea
* December 2001 Winning the Grand prize: Democratic Press Award
* October 2004 Winning the Grand prize: Ahn Jong-Pil Press Award
* January 2006 Awarded: Management Innovation
* October 2007 Awarded: Medal of Missouri University
* October 2018 Awarded: Grundtvig Prize 2018
* Ranked 16th in 'This year's 50s for IT characters' as UK Information Technology site (www.silicon.com
)
See also
*
Citizen journalism
Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, a ...
*
Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, is an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the 1999 Carnival Against Capital and 1999 Seattl ...
*
Ohmynews
OhmyNews (Hangul: 오마이뉴스) is a South Korean online news website with the motto "Every Citizen is a Reporter". It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on February 22, 2000.
It is the first news website in Korea to accept, edit and publish artic ...
References
External links
OhmyNews official site* http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=153109&rel_no=1
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2843651.stm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051125021916/http://www.changemakers.net/library/temp/nytimes030603.cfm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050309193948/http://www.atimes.com.by-parakeet.gibeo.net/atimes/Korea/FK25Dg01.html
* http://www.wacc.org.uk/wacc/publications/media_action/253_oct_2003/ohmynews_anyone_can_be_a_reporter
* Howard W. Frenc
''New York Times'', March 6, 2003
* http://creativeink.blogspot.com/2004/12/citizen-journalists.html
* http://www.editorsweblog.org/2004/05/every_citizen_i.html
1964 births
Living people
South Korean businesspeople
South Korean journalists
Regent University alumni
Sogang University alumni
Yonsei University alumni
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