I, Reporter

links for 2007-03-30

• media mindshare: on news, technology & media relations
  "The portal site at www.kcnn.org has an array of learning and resource content modules contributed by a network of participants, including the I, Reporter team of Amy Gahran and Adam Glenn..."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage)

links for 2007-03-29

• Social Media Club - » Social Media Now: Teaching Citizen Journalists, Social Nets Underrated?
  "I remain skeptical about the value of attempting to harness citizen journalism by encouraging professional editors to saddle it up and ride it in one particular direction or another. The community can replace the editors’ functions"
  (tags: our+coverage citizen+journalism editing roles resources)
• The best mobile websites from Guardian Unlimited: Organ Grinder
  "The principles are: accuracy, transparency, fairness, thoroughness and independence. Each of those principles has a detailed section on the centre's site with relevant interviews and notes."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage)

links for 2007-03-28

• Knight launches citizen media resource » mathewingram.com/work
  "The Knight Foundation has launched a website aimed at helping “citizen journalism” or community media operations find resources and best practices."
  (tags: citizen+journalism resources our+coverage our+comments)
• mydigimedia by Amy L. Webb: Knight Citizen News Network Launches
  "KCNN isn't just meant for stay-at-home bloggers. The way in which we gather and disseminate information has changed because our expectations for content delivery are being shaped by social media. Every reporter should visit this site regularly."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage resources)
• Hop Studios Blog: Four in One Day
  "KCNN has some of everything, technology-wise. More importantly, I think it is even on its launch day one of the best resources online for those trying to do citizen journalism, and it's going to get even better over the next month."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage resources)
• US: portal to help pro-am online journalism - Editors Weblog
  "In a way, KCNN embraces new and traditional media convergence: it aims to teach professional practices to citizens and incorporate more user-generated content in professional journalism."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage resources)
• Invisible Inkling » Catching up with the citizenry
  "I’m talking about pro journalists working with people with enough timeto make a few calls, look up a few documents, or find details on a story in their neighborhood, because they care enough for the topic (or neighborhood) to lend their time."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage crowsourcing resources)
• The Principles of Citizen Journalism « Culturite
  "The aim of this project is not to regulate the practice(s) of citizen journalists but rather to begin an “ongoing conversation” that portends toward a set of shared principles that can be actualized through journalistic practice."
  (tags: citizen+journalism our+coverage resources)

CitJ notes for German journalism class

In a short while I'll be speaking via iChat to a class of German journalism students from the Henri Nannen School of Journalism in Hamburg.

Ulf Gruener, the faculty member who invited me to speak, wanted me to go over some of the basics of citizen journalism. He said it's not yet too widely practiced in Germany. Since I don't speak or read German, I'm a bit hampered in proving or disproving that assertion. However, it does seem that there's at least some citJ movement in Germany...

links for 2007-03-07

• The Doc Searls Weblog : Tuesday, March 6, 2007
  Great exploration of current thinking on citJ "I found Howard through I, Reporter, which I found through a search for Gannett+citizen+journalists, because I was wondering what happened with Gannett's crowdsourcing efforts since I last wrote about it."
  (tags: mycoverage citizen+journalism)