Citizen journalism guide in Press Gazette

Posted by Martin Stabe on 23 March 2006 at 10:17
Tags: BBC, CNN, Citizen journalism, ITN, Journalism, Mobile Phones, Photography, Sky

If you are interested in “citizen journalism” (or whatever you prefer to call
the many-faceted phenomenon) will enjoy the issue of Press Gazette that is out today.

Our Reporter’s Guide to Citizen Journalism is introduced by Mike Ward of the University of Central Lancashire, who argues that professional news organisations cannot afford to ignore citizen journalism. Julie Tomlin interviewed citizen journalism doyen Dan Gillmor. Graham Holliday explained how journalists can make the best use of the blogosphere. I paid a visit to the dedicated BBC unit that sifts through the deluge of “user-generated content”. Jonathan Munro of ITV, John Ryley of Sky News related their experiences of using content supplied by the cameraphone-wielding public, while Nic Robertson of CNN wrote about using a cameraphone to report from Iraq. Kyle McRae recounts the early days of his citizen journalism picture agency Scoopt, and how it has made few friends on tabloid feature desks.

For the uninitiated, we also have some links to notable citizen journalism projects
and social news aggregators and bookmarking tools.

Tags: BBC, CNN, Citizen journalism, ITN, Journalism, Mobile Phones, Photography, Sky