Citizen journalism

Citizen journalism and cable community-access: What's the fit?

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 06:13.
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Thousands of public-access, government and educational television services in cities and towns around the United States telecast on cable systems. Typically the receive the majority of their funding via the franchise contracts municipalities negotiate with cable companies like Time Warner, Comcast, Cablevision and the like. How are these "PEG Access" operations adapting the the new broadband environment, where video is increasingly viewed and created by consumers on Internet devices, including mobile phones and tablets?

In Scranton, Pa., a laid-off journalist tracks local online news communities; is it time for ASNCF?

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:18.
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When Jessica Durkin was laid off as a reporter from the Scranton, Pa., she lost no time taking on a new passion. A regional director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, she is now tracking the emerging news ecology from her website http://inothernews.us.

Reynolds Journalism fellow seeks information about local online news communities for profile work

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 15:43.
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Michele McLellan, a 2009-2010 fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, has posted an extensive list of U.S. local online news community websites and is looking for additional examples. 

"We want to learn from them and see if RJI can help them flourish," says McLellan.  

Starting a "LONC" get's easier -- as resources emerge for legal, software help

Submitted by mediag on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 17:03.
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During Journalism That Matters gatherings organized with the help of the Media Giraffe Project, entrepreneurs starting local online news communities (LONCs) often cite three fears in getting started:

McGill offers seven points of advice about citizen journalism

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 12:23.
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An early expert at training citizen journalists has authored "What I've Learned Teaching Citizen Journalists," an essay listing seven lessons learned. Doug McGill is a former New York Times reporter, foreign correspondent, university lecturer and Internet innovator. He also briefly headed the World Press Institute.

Valets and and media-literary training noted in Tufts graduate thesis as key components of journalism future

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 18:49.
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A Tufts University media-studies student proposes a new model of "pro-am" collaboration in graduation thesis completed in May. An international student from Singapore, Rachelle Goh enters Northwestern in the fall. In her paper, she says "information valets" and increased media literacy are important components of the new model.

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<a href="http://newshare.typepad.com/mgp2006/2006/08/what_is_citizen.html">What is "citizen journalism" -- documentary probes fo

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Mon, 08/21/2006 - 08:09.
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What is "citizen journalism"? A 12-minute web video, produced by volunteers at Cambridge Community Television, offers some possible answers through some interviews with practitioners and observers -- including several participants in MGP2006.

Vermont weekly provides thorough overview of "citizen journalism" debate, quoting Gillmor, iBrattleboro

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 15:57.
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Cathy Resmer, writing in Seven Days, the Vermont alternative weekly, has penned a good overview of the pros and cons of so-called "citizen journalism" -- including comments from Dan Gillmor and the iBrattleboro founders, Chris Grotke and Lise LePage. The piece includes a set of dos and don'ts from Grotke and LePage. ---- >

AUDIO: NPR discussion of citizen journalism on Current.TV

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 18:47.
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National Public Radio's Neal Conan discusses with three commentators -- Marc Glaser of Online Journalism Review; Vin Crosbie of Digital Deliverance; John Temple, Rocky Mountain News managing editor; and Kyle MacRae, managing director and founder of Scoopt, the "citizen journalism" attempted by Al Gore's Current.TV.

British journalists' group adopts conduct code for "citizen journalism"

Submitted by Bill Densmore on Fri, 02/24/2006 - 23:50.
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The National Union of Journalists in Great Britain has adopted a "Witness Contributors' Code of Practice" on matters like accuracy and checking sources, payments to contributors, copyright and other legal and moral rights. A Microsoft Word version of the code is downloadable from HERE ---- >
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