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Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes

Society / Covering Climate Now / Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening. Mark Hertsgaard This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism ...
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Aldermen seek to sort out who’s a journalist—with no easy answers

The floor of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has become increasingly crowded. Earlier this week, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen rolled out its first-ever media credentialing process. Too many random ...
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Why citizen journalism can't replace traditional print media

While citizen reporters offer immediacy and expanded voices, print media still holds the indispensable roles of fact-checking, ethical management, and contextual analysis. The rapid growth of digital ...
The Gazette

DoBetterDNVR dustup shows the pitfalls and promise of citizen journalism | Vince Bzdek

Screenshot from the dobetterdnvr Instagram account. A high-profile experiment in citizen journalism is playing out in Denver right now, triggering animated argument on X and Instagram and at least one ...
The Nation Newspaper

Simply a citizen journalist

Those who have attempted to write, or even those who are accomplished authors and writers, will testify that it is no mean feat to consistently write, and maintain a column, for close on 20 years. Why ...
Salt Lake City Weekly

Utah's Big Data Site Provides Big Opportunities for Citizen Journalists and Others

With little fanfare, the start of the new year brought with it the launch of OpenData.Utah.Gov, a fairly unremarkable sounding government website that in fact is doing something... With little fanfare ...
The Nation Newspaper

Simply a citizen journalist – in the beginning

I have been privileged to write as a columnist in all manner of newspapers for well over five decades but, certainly not in the continuous, unbroken manner I did, first with Comet, and then for a much ...