Oh Yeon-ho (born 18 September 1964) is the founder of "citizen journalism" in South Korea, and CEO of

OhmyNews ''OhmyNews'' () is a South Korean online news website. It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on 22 February 2000. The site's motto is "Every Citizen is a Reporter", which reflects its status as the first news website in Korea to accept, edit, and publi ...

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 history, 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 ...

Biography

Oh was born in 1964 in

Gokseong Gokseong County () is a county in Jeollanam-do, South Korea and the least densely populated subdivision of the province. Attractions * Taeansa Temple * Neungpa Tower * Seomjin River * Dongli mountain valley * Gok-song Haneulnari Village (a farmi ...

. He graduated from

Yonsei University Yonsei University () is a Private university, private Christian university, Christian research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei is one of the three most prestigious universities in the country, part of a group referred to as SK ...

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 classi ...

. He earned a master's degree in journalism from

Regent University Regent University is a Private university, private Christian university in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It was founded by Pat Robertson in 1977 as Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Broadcasting Network University and chang ...

in 1998 and has a PhD in mass-communication at

Sogang University Sogang University (SU; ) is a private Jesuit research university in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Sogang University was established on April 18, 1960 by the Society of Jesus, with the school being the oldest and only Jesuit institution of higher e ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. In 2006, he received the

Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award Wharton may refer to: Education * Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States * Wharton County Junior College, in Wharton, Texas, United States * Paul R. Wharton High School, in Tampa, Florida, U ...

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)

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 {{Korea-writer-stub

Biography

Media career

Awards

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