citizen-journalism

"Last night we said, the Internet is gone — so let's just start calling people we know," said Jillian York , with citizen-journalism group Global Voices Online, which is posting reports based on those calls on a website hosted outside of Egypt.

Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services Christopher Rhoads 2011

QUOTE: “As we have seen in the taser-death of Robert Dziekanski, and during the RCMP dirty-tricks campaign at the SPP Montebello protests in Quebec, citizen-journalism has the potential to break news and information, and command political attention in the form of inquiries and investigations” says writer and narrator David Weingarten.

Unfair Dealing – Another Independent Documentary : Law is Cool 2008

Good campaigns always know where they stand, and so does an effective citizen-journalism operation.

Five tips for citizen journalism from ProPublica’s new “crowdsorcerer” » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

The freedom to fail and the need to experiment: What gives a citizen-journalism project a chance to work

Jack Driscoll on citizen journalism: From major metro to hyperlocal » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

The freedom to fail and the need to experiment: What gives a citizen-journalism project a chance to work

Five tips for citizen journalism from ProPublica’s new “crowdsorcerer” » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

She would probably be the first to argue that there are no ironclad rules in this game, so I hope she excuses this distillation of our conversation into five tips for running a successful citizen-journalism operation: 1. Recruit people for a mission, not a concept.

Five tips for citizen journalism from ProPublica’s new “crowdsorcerer” » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

The man who used a digital camera to record the death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport says he feels guilty he didn't try to help the Polish immigrant even though others honoured his actions Tuesday with a citizen-journalism award.

Citizen Hero Recognized West End Bob 2009

He believes that a group approach like his can lead to a broader range of stories than the many one-person citizen-journalism sites out there.

Jack Driscoll on citizen journalism: From major metro to hyperlocal » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

The man who used a digital camera to record the death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport says he feels guilty he didn't try to help the Polish immigrant even though others honoured his actions Tuesday with a citizen-journalism award.

Citizen Hero Recognized West End Bob 2009

The freedom to fail and the need to experiment: What gives a citizen-journalism project a chance to work

Five projects on the frontier of text-based data analysis and visualization » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009