Write a short but insightful essay on your blog of around 500 words (no more than 800 maximum). This is not just something off the top of your head. You need to demonstrate that you've read and thought about what other people have been writing on this subject by linking to what they've written (or said audiovisually). Use a lot of links to examples that you discuss. Use images and screenshots as appropriate (and legally).

Possible topics include (sign up for one by putting your name by it or create your own at the end of the list):

• Wikipedia and Hong Kong politics - Greg
• Hong Kong journalists who blogKaty
• Facebook activism by Hong Kong people- Hang
• Hong Kong InMedia and other citizen journalism sites - how their coverage compares with mainstream coverage Ivy Violet
• Will the YouTube generation watch TV? Porgie
• How is the Internet changing news photography? Rob
• How does "social bookmarking" or "tagging" change the way people find and share information? What does it mean for journalism and what should news organizations do with it? Juho
• How does RSS impact news on the web, and what will it mean for the future of online and mobile news? Tracy
  
• How is podcasting changing the radio business? - Franzi
• How have search engines impacted the news business?Jojo (Yang Na)
  
• How has the Internet changed the business model of news companies and what does this mean for journalists and the future of journalism? PENNY.
• Are news organizations utilizing mobile technology to gather and deliver the news as well as they could?Calvin
  
• Blogging, journalism and credibility: many bloggers say their influence comes from a loss of public trust in professional journalists. Journalists say bloggers cant be trusted. What do you think? Denise, Katherine
  
• Chinese journalist-bloggers like Rui Chenggang and Luqiu LuweiCarol Zhou Yan
• Was "zola" the "nailhouse blogger" a kind of journalist? Sonja
  
• Online communities in mainland China, such as TIANYA Maggie
• Web 2.0 businesses compared to traditional news organizations Julia
• Can bloggers and journalists work together in new ways?Sunny
• Choose a news organization in Hong Kong, mainland China, or your home country. Take a look at their website. How would you improve it - both in terms of online storytelling and in terms of how they might engage the public better? Robin, Andy
  
• If you wanted to start your own online news organization in your community, what would it focus on and how would you use the Internet to generate a public conversation about your journalism, or involve the public in your journalistic process? Anna
• If you were going to start a one-person news service or blog about a specialized subject, what would it be about? How would you go about it? Do you think you might be able to support
  
• Has the definition of "journalist" changed because of the Internet? Naomi
• What is the difference between "citizen media" and "citizen journalist"?
• How free is blogging in the U.S. and how does it compare to the freedom of traditional journalists? Leah
• Citizen Media and how the Internet is impacting Journalism. Dayle
  
• [your idea here] How do the politicians in Hong Kong use new media to gain political capital? Cherry
• [another idea here] What are the difficulties that Hong Kong InMedia and other citizen journalism sites are facing? How could journalists overcome these difficulties? Momo
• Do people really tell the truth about themselves/what they write in blogs? Or are blogs simply another platform for them to create positive images of themselves? (In short, are people "honest" when blogging?) --Alison
• SNS and website value of Douban. Sudalina
• Acess & development of Wikipedia in mainland China - Tia
• IsAre Websocial 2.0networking sites making us less social? - Samantha

Some useful readings on related subjects can be found via my delicious tags:
Blogging
Blogs & Journalism
Business
Cellphones
Citizen Journalism
Citizen Media
Creative Commons
Copyright
Facebook
Flickr
Journalism
Journalism 2.0
Mobile
Myspace
New Media
Newspapers
Photos
Podcasting
RSS
Search
Social Networking
Tagging
Technorati
The web, jounalism and credibility
Video
Web 2.0
Wikipedia
Youtube


Plus some other readings of interest: