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Stuart Leavenworth: UC Davis 'incident' reminds us that words, images have power, and can be misused
November 27, 2011

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Citizen Journalism Videos

Leading Citizen Journalist in Syria reported Dead
December 31, 2011 | Newsy.com

iPad Demo
December 18, 2011 | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M

Participatory Journalism, a Growing News Trend?
October 12, 2011 | Newsy.com

Citizen Journalism Wikipedia Information

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," according to the seminal report We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information, by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis. They say,...

Sacramento Connect

Ft. Lauderdale is “Where the boys are”
April 07, 2012
Having logged past the 50 year mark, I look backward, not just forward. Thirty-one years ago in a recession – albeit milder than this one – I started my first...

Check-out Updated Power Point Explaining Evolution of Neighborhood News
July 22, 2011
http://www.accesssacramento.org/neighborhood_news.html Click here to review the evolution of the “Neighborhood News Project”. This PP slide summary includes new...

FCC Working Group Delivers New Report: Information Needs Of Communities
June 13, 2011
Washington, D.C. June 9, 2011 – The FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities today delivered an in-depth analysis of the current state of the...

From around the web

Syria, citizen journalism and the capital T truth Citizen journalism and social-...
March 28, 2012 | GigaOM
Citizen journalism and social-media tools have made it easier to get information out of countries like Egypt and... Does that mean citizen journalism is unreliable? No. It just means...

New Documentary Explores The Role Of Citizen Journalism During Occupy Wall Street
February 16, 2012 | PSFK Trend: PSFK
#whilewewatch is a new film directed by Kevin Breslin that discusses how OWS challenged traditional news reporting. ...

Citizen Journalism From the Oslo Blast and Utoya Shootings [ Terrorism ]
July 22, 2011 | Gizmodo
We're using Storify to keep up with citizen journalism breaking on social media channels from the Oslo blast and Utoya shootings. Warning: some of the images are extremely...

Twitter Did NOT'' Break'' News of Whitney Houston's Death
February 15, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
I'm all for the social media-inspired, citizen journalism movement, but I'll also argue that telling a story first does not always mean you're telling it best. Take...

Nick Kristof on Occupy and the rise of citizen journalism
January 11, 2012 | GigaOM
Many traditional journalists see'' citizen journalism'' as a negative thing, an untrustworthy source of information that diminishes their role as gatekeepers of the news -- but...

Syria Has Banned iPhones to Curb Citizen Journalism [ Wtf ]
December 05, 2011 | Gizmodo
Most footage of protests from Syria in recent months has clearly been filmed on smartphones. Not for much longer, though: the government just banned iPhones. More>> ...

Citizen Journalism on twitter

	RT @Kmeshal: I just love citizen journalism!! http://t.co/C6VUNTjn http://t.co/VTylqdXQ http://t.co/Ze8sYKHe #هيئة_حياة_مول Twitter: @krmmh
	Rapidian seeks Street Team to advocate for hyperlocal citizen journalism \| The Rapidian http://t.co/JSlyTaG9 Twitter: @NewsMeBack
	For its 2012 elections coverage, MTV swaps out citizen journalism for gamification - http://t.co/Bg9JZVgk Twitter: @kevinGEEdavis
	For its 2012 elections coverage, MTV swaps out citizen journalism for gamification - http://t.co/IukOrmMS Twitter: @Rawporter
	'Citizen #journalism' focuses on #Israeli occupation - http://t.co/jrnGrScR #Palestine Twitter: @JerusalemMedia
	Thanks @silvaclaudia01 MT #icamobile2012 "rise above the crowd" is a great experiment about smartphones and citizen journalism Twitter: @aehickerson

YouTube Videos

Katie Couric's Top Citizen Journalism Moments on YouTube
May 10, 2010

Citizen Journalism - What Is It ?
August 23, 2006

TEDxThessaloniki - Paul Lewis - Citizen Journalism
May 15, 2011

Citizen Journalism Books

The Internet: An Introduction to New Media (Berg New Media)
Leila Green, $25.92

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