Blogosphere Buzz About I, Reporter

"Link love" makes the web go 'round.

Many thanks to those bloggers who've already voiced support for I, Reporter. Here's the buzz in the blogosphere so far. I'll keep updating this list as new items appear, for as long as I can keep up with it.

The list...

First, I'd like to again mention the coverage our citJ efforts received on June 20 in the Christian Science Monitor. See Write the News Yourself! by Randy Dotinga (pg. 11 in the print edition). This article also was picked up by CBS News.com.

Meanwhile, in the blogs...

• Website to train citizen journalists: Publicity Hound, by Joan Stewart, June 23. "If something like this had happened back where I come from—in the newsrooms of the 70s and 80s, we editors—with our bachelor’s and sometimes even master’s degrees in journalism—would have scoffed at the very idea."
• I, Reporter hopes to help citizen journalists: J-log, by KPaul, June 22. "We need more media people starting sites like this to educate the citizens as we launch into this next phase of journalism."
• I, Reporter: Cyberjournalist.net (Online News Assoc.), June 21
• Real audience. Real work. Real Learning: Weblogg-ed, by Will R, June 21. "It's not just our student journalists doing journalism. It's oral histories about the community in Social Studies and experiments on local environments in science and literary interpretations in English and area museum tours in art all done by students and published in meaningful ways to audiences outside of the classroom."
• New blog on citizen journalism: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae, by Bill Doskoch, June 21
• I, Reporter: Carreira Solo, June 21 (Portuguese)
• I, Reporter: Unmediated, June 21.
• Helping citizen journalists, E-Media Tidbits (Poynter Inst.), by Steve Outing, June 20
• I, Reporter: Buzzmachine, by Jeff Jarvis, June 20
• Noted: Susan Mernit's Blog, June 20
• Educating citizen journalists: Webfeed Central, by Tom Simpson, June 20
• I, Reporter: Learning the Lessons of Nixon, June 20.
• Jornalismo participative: mais contributos: Jornalismo e Communicacao, June 20 (Portuguese)
• Training program for citizen journalists: Lost Remote, by Cory Bergman, June 20
• New blog to educate citizen journalists: PJNet Today, by Leonard Witt, June 20
• Io, Reporter: Ubik (in Italian) June 20
• I, Reporter: Robert's Echo Blog, June 20
• Write the news yourself: Don Singleton, June 20
• Citizen Journalism: All-Encompassingly, June 20
• New citizen journalism project, ‘I, Reporter,’ coming soon: Citizen Paine, by Ari Soglin, June 19. “Some of the most effective journalism of the future could come from direct and indirect collaboration between citizen and pro journalists. Efforts such as I, Reporter can show how each role can complement the other, making collaboration possible.”
• “I, Reporter” to Focus on the “How,” Not just the “Who,” of Citizen Journalism: Below the Fold, by Gary Goldhammer, June 19. That’s actually a very concise way to describe the focus of I, Reporter. Thanks, Gary. Mind if I steal it?
• Do do this at home: Canadian Journalist, by Deborah Jones, June 19.
• “The cult of officialdom has reached its limits”: Corporate Blogging, by Fredrik Wackå, June 19. Now here’s a twist I hadn’t considered, but I think he’s onto something: “Maybe it’s just me, but I think that one sentence says it all. All about citizen journalism and personal blogging, of course, but also about corporate communication and blogging. There are so many perspectives, opinions, ideas and voices out there that the official message – even if it’s correct and credible – just isn’t enough. We want more as citizens, employees, customers.” I responded to this excellent point in a comment to his posting.
• Amy Gahran Launching I, Reporter: Bloggers Blog, June 19.
• Citizen Journalists Arise: PR Future, by Mark Rose, June 19.

Plus, here are the two articles I've posted to CONTENTIOUS about this project:

• I, Reporter: My New Citizen Journalism Project
• I’m in the Lead of a Monitor Article

Comments

[Ubik]

I spread the buzz in Italian blogosphere ;-)

[Mrs_Grundy]

"I have journalism degree and worked for several years as a reporter, editor, and managing editor."

Perhaps eliminating typos right from jump street might be a good idea.

"I have A journalism degree..."

[Amy Gahran]

LOL, Mrs. Grundy, good point. I try and try and try to be perfect, but I never quite get there -- especially after working several 14-hour days in a row.

The beauty of online media is that inconsequential spelling and grammar errors are easy to fix - like I've just done! Hopefully that tiny gaffe didn't prevent you from grasping the big picture of this article.

See how helpful the collaborative process is to any kind of independent publishing?

Thanks,

- Amy Gahran

[Darko]

I`ve spred these, and I`ll tend to cover the issues in Macedonia. I`m popstgraduate student of communication in Macedonia

[Amy Gahran]

Thanks, Darko. Much appreciated. It may well be some of the best pioneering work in citizen journalism will happen outside the US. We'll see.

- Amy Gahran