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This is a Korean name; the family name is Oh. A Korean name consists of a Family name followed by a Given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea
Oh Yeon Ho at the OhmyNews citizen reporters' forum in June 2005.
Oh Yeon Ho at the OhmyNews citizen reporters' forum in June 2005.

Oh Yeon Ho (born 1964) is the founder of "citizen journalism" in the Republic of Korea, and CEO of OhmyNews 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 a trained news staff. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. OhmyNews ( Hangul: is a South Korean online newspaper with the motto "Every Citizen is a Reporter" 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, but since the 1948 Division of Korea, it has developed separately

Biography

Oh was born in 1964 in Gokseong. Gokseong County ( Gokseong-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province South Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University in 1988 with a degree in Korean literature. Korean literature is the body of Literature produced in Korea or by Korean writers He earned a master's degree in journalism from Regent University in 1998 and has a PhD in mass-communication at Sogang University in Seoul. Regent University is a private Coeducational Interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia Sogang University is one of the leading research and liberal arts universities in Seoul, South Korea. Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. In 2006, he received the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for his work with information technology, most specifically his pioneering development of OhmyNews and the society-transforming contributions that resulted. In 2002 the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and Infosys teamed to express their shared commitment to promoting business innovation by

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Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism or democratic journalism, is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the The Independent Media Center (aka Indymedia or IMC) is a global participatory network of journalists that reports on political and social issues OhmyNews ( Hangul: is a South Korean online newspaper with the motto "Every Citizen is a Reporter"
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