7 things you should know about citizen journalism
http://tinyurl.com/2zs5td
7 things you should know about citizen journalism
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CNN citizen journalism ... iReport
http://beta.ireport.com
CNN iReport citizen journalism
Use the tools you find here to share and talk about the news of your world, whether that's video and photos of the events of your life, or your own take on what's making international headlines. Or, even better, a little bit of both.
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Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive
http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20/
Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive
A digital literacy guide for the information age
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The CyberJournalist List
http://wiki.cyberjournalist.net/jblogs
The CyberJournalist List
Comprehensive list of blogs produced by journalists.
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NowPublic
http://www.nowpublic.com/
Crowd sourcing is part of the widely expanding “citizen journalism” category, which encompasses all the new ways non-professionals can participate in the news reporting process. Examples range from commenting, voting on stories, to full out blogging.
NowPublic is a news network unique for its brand of reporter: you, the ordinary citizen. As a participatory news network, NowPublic lets citizens from all over the world write and contribute to news stories by sending in text, photos and/or videos. The site certainly employs the notion of "crowdsourcing," as it is essentially a Wikipedia-like news service.
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The Knight Citizen News Network
http://www.kcnn.org/site/
The Knight Citizen News Network is a self-help portal that guides both ordinary citizens and traditional journalists in launching and responsibly operating community news and information sites.
It seeks to help build capacity for citizens who want to start their own news ventures and to open the doors to citizen participation for traditional news organizations seeking to embrace user-generated content.
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J-Learning: How-To Site for Community Journalism
http://j-learning.org/
J-Learning: Your How-To Site for Community Journalism
The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
J-Learning is your how-to guide for hyper-local community media.
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Children's Express
http://www.childrens-express.org/
Children's Express is a UK-wide news agency producing news, features and comment by young people for everyone.
Through a unique learning through journalism programme, young people aged 8 to 19 research and write stories on issues that are important to them for publication in national and local newspapers, magazines, television and radio.
The agency is open to all young people but recruitment is targeted at those who would most benefit from the programme.
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ReligionLink
http://religionlink.org/
ReligionLink
A site directed mainly at journalists looking for background or story ideas with a religious element.
ReligionLink is a resource to help print and broadcast journalists when they encounter religion in stories about government, politics, education, social services, science and other areas of public life.
Each weekly update contains several story ideas pegged to today’s news. Some will be targeted to one region of the country. Click on the link to read more, including background, links to web resources and a list of sources with contact information.
ReligionLink is produced by the Religion Newswriters Foundation, the educational arm of the Religion Newswriters Association.
Free access
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
http://www.cpj.org/
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981.
We promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
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The Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
http://www.cjog.net/
The Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
The coalition was organized to help journalists work together in support of open government and the people? right to know.
Its goal is to improve public access to government meetings and records at each step in the decision-making process and at every level of governance.
The coalition supports and will seek to strengthen existing laws and policies that promote openness and accountability. It will oppose measures that unwisely diminish access. It will support initiatives to make government more transparent.
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Newsplayer
http://newsplayer.com/index.asp
Newsplayer unlocks the news vaults of the past 100 years.
Play moving images from throughout the 20th century ?from the birth of flight to the Space Shuttle; from the Jitterbug to the Spice Girls; and from the First World War to Mandela? march to freedom. Enjoy history at your fingertips.
Subscription ? a year
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Online Interactive Newspaper Templates
http://www.cleo.net.uk/index.php?category_id=317
Publish your own newspaper
Online Interactive Newspaper Templates
These allow for really well focused and formatted group work and/or homework using either traditional tabloid or broadsheet layouts and formatting.
They are suitable for literacy activities across the curriculum and appealing to most age groups, except the very youngest.
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The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org/
The Write Site : An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle schools.
The Write Site is a multimedia language arts curriculum that makes the process of telling a story fun. Students take on the role of journalists?enerating leads, gathering facts, and writing stories?sing the tools and techniques of real-life journalists.
The Write Site is specially designed for middle school students. The Write Site? instructional activities will improve students?skills while helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.
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Internet-based citizen journalism
http://tinyurl.com/7s8d4
Internet-based citizen journalism
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Online Newspapers
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/NewPonline/
Onlne Newspapers
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Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/
Newseum
The world's first interactive museum of news ?the Newseum ?opened in Arlington, Va., in 1997. Its mission was simple: to help the public and the news media understand one another better.
The Freedom Forum, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.
The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial, located in Freedom Park, pays tribute to journalists who have died while trying to report the news.
Todays Front Pages : 423 front pages from 44 countries presented alphabetically.
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The Writer's Workbench: 50 Tools You Can Use
http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=nu_workbench05
The Writer's Workbench: 50 Tools You Can Use
This collection of writing tools will help you strengthen new work and diagnose stories you have already written. The self-directed course groups tools into four sections: nuts and bolts, including word choice and sentence structure; blueprints to create architecture for your stories; special effects to refine your writing voice; and useful habits to help you be a more confident writer. Each tool features exercises to help you apply what you?e learned. Use the tools to help build your skills or as reference to keep your writing sharp.
This module takes about one to two hours to complete. You can access the course on your own schedule, starting and stopping at your convenience. And you can come back anytime once you enroll.
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NewsU : News University
http://www.newsu.org/
NewsU : News University
After much planning, testing and developing, NewsU has officially opened its doors to journalists, journalism educators and students. We offer innovative online training through self-directed modules, eSeminars and faculty-led courses that target all types of media and all levels of experience. Writing and reporting techniques. Insights into visual journalism. Courses on ethics and values. Skills for newsroom leaders.
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National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)
http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/
National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)
We help students become better reporters, writers, editors, photographers, designers, desktop publishers, and advertising and business staffers. We help advisers as well.
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High School Journalism
http://www.highschooljournalism.org
High School Journalism
This site is for teen journalists, their teachers and guidance counselors as well as the editors and staffs of professional daily newspapers. Our goals are to encourage a diverse generation of young people to make newspaper journalism their career and impart a deeper appreciation of the First Amendment among all teens.
Content includes skills-building exercises, lesson plans, a spotlight on high school newspapers across the country, interaction with pros, updates on scholastic press freedom issues, a database of journalism scholarships and links to university journalism programs.
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EPIC 2014
http://www.halorising.com/epic/
"EPIC 2014" is a slick 8-minute documentary set in 2014 on what happens when Google and Amazon merge and largely take over the info world.
The New York Times goes off line ...
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Journalism Resources at MediaStudy
http://mediastudy.com/media.html#journalism
Journalism Resources at MediaStudy
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