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Declaring War: Citizen Journalists thrown under the bus

Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to DryDeclaring War on Unpaid Journalists "This is about ensuring that there is a wall between real journalists and the perceived unwashed masses of ignorant,...

opinion by smkovalinsky | 7 wks ago
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Twitter breaks news of Tornado in Boulder

Nearly every other day there are reports of twitter helping news organizations break news. here is one I found today."on May 22, 2008, a large tornado struck Windsor, Colo., just 50 miles from my home in Boulder. I was first alerted to my local severe weather via...

created by mtippett | 24 wks ago
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Laura Wiggins

Mumbai: Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks

The following New York Times article comments on the merits of Citizen Journalism during the horrid moments of the recent Mumbai terrorist attacks. It only quotes the information as provided by Twitter....

created by rahul | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
292 views | 44 recommendations | 8 comments

shimgray

Citizen journalists do make the news

"Hold the front page - citizen journalists can produce original news!This came out of research by Zvi Reich of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel presented at the ICA annual conference in Montreal on...

created by Alfred Hermida | 1 year ago
268 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments

We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People

Christopher Byrne

Book Review: "We The Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For The People"

Athens, GA (Oct 19, 2007) - This book review was originally written in August 2004. I thought it would be worthwhile to repost here in light of new legislation, designed to protect bloggers, being gutted and...