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CITIZEN JOURNALISM
Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism, is the act of citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information. The intent of this participation is to provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging, and relevant information that a democracy requires.
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Gawker Media’s director of editorial operations Scott Kidder was not impressed whenAdWeek’s website prompted him to...
Deadline: 5/20/12 Ten citizen journalists will receive a Looxcie hands-free video camera, wide angle lens and live...
Paul Lewis admits that the title, “Special Projects Editor”, is boring. But the job is anything but. “It’s not a sexy...
“We recruit by filling holes,” says Anette Novak, Former Editor of Norran, Board Member, World Editors Forum, Sweden,...
By Alysia Santo OffTheBus, The Huffington Post’s citizen journalism program for campaign coverage, hasn’t posted new...
Try Storyful's new iPhone app to track social media news stories as curated by the social newswire's editorial team
A soon-to-be-released app to allow the users to rank the 'mini stories' submitted by citizen journalists
Date: 4/26/12 - 4/27/12 Egyptian citizen journalists can apply for a free workshop on online journalism held April...
Italian daily la Repubblica has launched a new platform for users to submit videos. Reporter, as the project is called,...
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) plans to launch an investigative news YouTube channel in July 2012,...
Democratic nations face a challenge in finding the right balance between national security imperatives on the one hand...
Are comment sections really all they’re made out to be? While most news organizations welcome user feedback in some...
Citizen journalism site Blottr launches Guardian-style 'frictionless sharing' Facebook app
Deadline: 7/31/12 The International Citizen Media Award competition seeks video and audio entries focusing on civic...
Deadline: 3/29/12 Sauti is a three-month training project supporting citizen journalism in East Africa.
Deadline: 3/31/12 Arab bloggers can enter a contest with a US$1,000 prize. read more
Date: 19/09/11 - 02/10/11 Cost: 90.00 USD Taught by the editor of The New York Times Local blogs, this two-week course...
By Chitrangada Choudhury On the evening of May 16, 2010, Vijjobai Talami, the headwoman of Gumiapal village, phoned...
Date: 21/10/11 - 23/10/11 Deadline: 21/09/11 The Narco News School of Authentic Journalism and the International Center...
Date: 15/09/11 Location: Cambridge, MA United States See map: Google Maps The lecture will be conducted by Folha de S.
Date: 30/09/11 - 02/10/11 People age 60 and older interested in becoming citizen journalists can attend a workshop in...
Audioboo founder Mark Rock on recent developments and future plans
User-generated news site Blottr shortlisted for award
Deadline: 20/10/11 The TV network is organizing a citizen journalism contest in Mexico. The prize is a trip to CNN...
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