Miranda Spencer: Pro/Citizen Journalism Collaboration Works

A few days ago, In "Citizen & Mainstream Journalists: Better Together?" I speculated about the good things that might spring from more direct collaboration and cooperation between citizen and professional journalists. I cross-posted a shorter version of that piece to Poynter's E-Media Tidbits weblog. (See: Got Narrative? If Not, Citizen Journalism Might Help)

In a comment to my Tidbits posting, journalist Miranda Spencer offered some examples of where she's seen such collaboration work pretty well...

A few excerpts from Miranda's comment:

"A couple of years ago I worked with a now-defunct news program called Cooperative News Network, a project of the Philadelphia/Drexel University station DUTV. Those of us with journalism backgrounds gave workshops to and coached novices and the results were quite promising. It was a bit too edgy or new and the university declined to fund it.

"I've also ...did a volunteer weekend with the Prometheus Radio project, which helps communities set up low-power FM stations. ...More experienced people trained and gave workshops to locals, who are now producing some fine programs. Listen online to, for example, Radio Free Nashville."

Those are great examples of collaboration, and I'd love to hear of others. Please comment below or e-mail me.

(Read Miranda Spencer's full comment to my Tidbits posting.)