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New site Demotix brings together citizen and pro journalists, says founder
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 1 2008, 11.00pm
Site will broker deals for news videos and images with mainstream media outlets (more)

Allvoices.com offers $10,000 reward for citizen journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 21 2008, 3.00pm
Citizen journalism website Allvoices.com has launched a cash reward programme for its contributors. Under the Excellence in Citizen Media Incentive Program, cash incentives will be given out to contributors based on the number of page views that their work generates, an announcement by the site said. A user will receive $1,000 for every 100,000 page views (up [...]ShareThis (more)

Chinese citizen journalist Zhou ‘Zuola’ Shuguang twitters his detention
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 14 2008, 1.36pm
Chinese citizen journalist Zhou ‘Zuola’ Shuguang has used microblogging service Twitter as he was detained by officials, Global Voices Online (GVO) has reported. Zuola, who has used his blog to publish his own investigations into incidents such as the recent Chinese earthquake and the cover-up of a teenager’s murder, recently purchased a Blackberry and has been [...] (more)

MySpace and NBC select citizen journalism competition winners
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 7 2008, 12.32pm
Decision08, a competition organised by MySpace, NBC News and msnbc.com, has selected two citizen journalists to cover the 2008 US Democratic and Republican conventions. Matt Britten and Sara Pat Badgley were chosen by more than 50,000 users who voted in the Decision08 convention contest, a press release said. Entrants were asked to post a video to the [...] (more)

Telegraph.co.uk blogs: Citizen journalism matters
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 4 2008, 2.17pm
Turi Munthe, founder of cit-j site Demotix, explains why the site has been launched and begins a series of posts on citizen journalism. (more)

PressThink: Defining citizen journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 16 2008, 11.31am
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, thatâ (more)

MySpace partners with NBC, MSNBC for political convention citizen journalism contest
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 25 2008, 11.00pm
One winner will attend the Republican National Convention in Minnesota and the other will attend the Democratic National Convention in Colorado (more)

Citizen journalism site NowPublic adds new features
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 17 2008, 4.14pm
Canadian website NowPublic.com has introduced a host of new features to the site to 'raise the bar for trust and credibility' for citizen journalism, a press release from the site has said. A new ranking system for members of the 'crowd powered news site' has been introduced to rate members based on their contributions - [...] (more)

Huffington Post: Time to ditch the ‘citizen journalist’ tag
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 10 2008, 8.47am
Mayhill Fowler's 'scoop' on Bill Clinton is 'poking the bear' not journalism, says Bill Barol. Fowler recorded Clinton's colourful reaction when she asked what he thought of a recent 'hatchet job' on him in Vanity Fair. (more)

Citizen scoops top prize at EDF Energy South West Media Awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 6 2008, 9.10am
Click through for the full list of winners in all 19 categories (more)

Citizen journalists flood Post with pictures of camera car's poor parking
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 4 2008, 7.20am
Car that issued 2,800 tickets gets a taste of its own medicine thanks to the press (more)

Guardian: WAN 2008: Citizen journalism stalling in Scandinavia
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 3 2008, 2.42pm
Hyperlocal websites are thriving in Sweden and Finland, an industry conference heard today, but their success is not shared by citizen journalism projects. (more)

WAN 2008: Reuters looks to expand mobile journalism to all reporters and 'citizen experts'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 2 2008, 11.00pm
The success of Reuters' experiment with Nokia has prompted plans to expand mobile journalism to all reporters (more)

WEF 2008: Reuters looks to expand mobile journalism to all reporters and 'citizen experts'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 2 2008, 11.00pm
The success of Reuters' experiment with Nokia has prompted plans to expand mobile journalism to all reporters (more)

YouTube launches citizen journalism channel - Citizen News
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 20 2008, 3.48pm
Have to admit this had passed me by (so thanks to ReadWriteWeb for the point) at launched, but YouTube has unleashed on the world a channel specifically for citizen journalism called…wait for it…Citizen News. It has also hired a news manager to oversee the whole affair. Here she is: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to [...] (more)

Dutch citizen journalism site Skoeps closes
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 11.00pm
Skoeps site closed after failing to find profitable business model (more)

Citizen journalists supply front page scoops with stills and video for news websites
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 1 2008, 8.00am
Readers respond in droves when news happens around them (more)

Comment Is Free: Jarvis vs Tomasky: what rules for citizen journalists?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 25 2008, 1.09pm
Media commentator Jeff Jarvis and Guardian America editor Michael Tomasky debate whether citizen journalists have the same responsibilities as a journalist when reporting news. Jarvis: 'openness for all' "With more openness and more reporting - by all - we will end up with more stories, the public will get more information, and politicians will learn that anything and everything they say and do can (and should) be reported," writes Jarvis. Tomasky: Cit-j accounts need verification "And very few journalists I know would favour '[hiding] anything from the public.' They would, however, favour not publishing something until it's verified. That's scarcely complicity in secret-keeping. That's just being responsible." (more)

Digital Journal launches revenue sharing for its citizen journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 2.06pm
Digital Journal has relaunched its citizen journalism site, which now includes a revenue sharing initiative for citizen journalists. Regular contributors to the site can now qualify for a share of the 'moneypot' made up from advertising revenue and the site has reportedly already paid out $38,000 to citizen journalists. The initiative applies to news stories, rather than [...] (more)

'Citizen journalism start-ups are doomed'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 17 2008, 11.00pm
John Ndege, founder, ScribbleSheet (more)

CBS launches citizen journalism upload site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 14 2008, 11.00pm
TV news network follows CNN in launching a site for the public to upload newsworthy video and photos from their mobile phones (more)

Gloucestershire Citizen in new magazine giveaway
From Press Gazette. Posted March 16 2008, 12.00am
Gloucestershire Media Group, a subsidiary of Northcliffe Media, launches a 64-page, weekly news and property magazine for Stroud tomorrow (Saturday). (more)

'Not Guilty' plea for Citizen journalist in misconduct case
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 11 2008, 8.30am
Sally Murrer denies three charges at Kingston Crown Court (more)

Dutch citizen journalism site to pay contributors by launching pay-per-view system
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 4 2008, 12.00am
Contributors to cit-j site Skoeps will be receive a fee as publisher drives half a million Euros into site development (more)

Online news media 'slow to respond' to citizen journalism - new report
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 28 2008, 7.00am
Costs of moderation and varying quality of contributions among factors causing major news sites to struggle (more)

Citizen journalism is added-value journalism
From Press Gazette. Posted January 21 2008, 12.00am
Peter Horrocks, head of BBC newsroom, on how audience debates and comments can improve editorial output (more)

Three day strike at Citizen over pay, as hacks complain of copy churn
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 16 2008, 12.00am
NUJ members opt for stoppage as journalists hit out at work culture (more)

Three day strike set for Milton Keynes Citizen over pay
From Press Gazette. Posted January 15 2008, 12.00am
The newsroom at the Milton Keynes Citizen is set to shut down next week as journalists go on a three-day strike next week over pay. (more)

Citizen's journalists could strike over pay
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
Vote for industrial action as union pursues "modest" wage claim (more)

Strike action set for Milton Keynes Citizen over pay claim
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
Strike action is set to hit the Milton Keynes Citizen newsroom this month after NUJ members voted to strike over a three per cent pay offer from parent company Johnston Press. (more)

Citizen boss gets editor-in-chief job
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 3 2008, 12.00am
Appointment brings Gloucestershire Media's editorial structure into line with the other Northcliffe centres (more)

Video: Cynthina Farrar, of Purple States.tv, talks about citizen journalism videos available through op-ed pages of NYTimes.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2007, 12.00am
Cynthina Farrar, producer with Purplestates.tv, explains how non-professional reporters working with her new company put together nearly a dozen video pieces    (more)

Video: Cynthia Farrar, of Purple States.tv, talks about citizen journalism videos available through op-ed pages of NYTimes.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2007, 12.00am
Cynthia Farrar, producer with Purplestates.tv, explains how non-professional reporters working with her new company put together nearly a dozen video pieces    (more)

AFP buys stake in citizen journalism site Citizenside
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 29 2007, 12.00am
Agence France-Press has made a 30 per cent investment in the news film and photography site formerly known as Scooplive    (more)

BBC launches Indian citizen journalism project
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 16 2007, 12.00am
Project will recruit Urdu-speaking citizen editors from India to provide user-generated content    (more)

Citizen journalism TV show launches
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 4 2007, 11.35am
Dutch language show developed by Endemol for regional stations in Holland   (more)

Editor: Citizen journalists’ crash photos were ‘horribly intrusive’
From Press Gazette. Posted August 30 2007, 12.00am
A local newspaper editor has rejected photos sent by readers from the scene of a fatal road collision because they were "horribly intrusive". (more)

Sky News to recruit citizen journalists for general election coverage
From Press Gazette. Posted August 21 2007, 12.00am
Sky News is planning to recruit “several hundred” citizen journalists to provide coverage of the next general election. (more)

Beijing Olympics could be the making of citizen journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 20 2007, 1.56pm
Will the great number of potential citizen reporters circumvent Chinese controls for information flow next year?   (more)

Football club closes training sessions over citizen journalism
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2007, 12.00am
Championship football club Norwich City have resorted to private training sessions, blaming rapid online reporting due to the surge in 'citizen journalism'. (more)

Sky News wants Second Life citizen journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 14 2007, 10.09am
Competition to find the best reports about life in the virtual world   (more)

Trinity Mirror prints hyperlocal citizen journalism newspapers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 1 2007, 1.50pm
User-generated content posted to experimental micro-sites in Teesside now reverse published into print   (more)

ITV news to air citizen reporters' videos
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2007, 1.00am
ITN has launched a network of citizen correspondents, giving the public a chance to have their views aired on ITV news bulletins. By Mark Sweney. (more)

News agency targets citizen journalists with revamped website
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 26 2007, 12.00am
Public are urged to send in their stories and pictures via the internet (more)

Citizen vote hands Freedom of City to bike legend McGuinness
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 25 2007, 12.00am
Campaign to honour local hero results in freeman award for sports star (more)

ITV to launch citizen journalism platform
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 5 2007, 5.11pm
Uploaded web platform launches at the end of the month to canvas public opinion on newsworthy events   (more)

'40,000 citizen journalist working to report one story for your paper? It's possible, we did it'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 2 2007, 3.20pm
Grzegorz Piechota, of Gazeta Wyborcza, on how his newspaper successfully embraced online reader interaction   (more)

Citizen snappers star in Hull floods coverage
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 29 2007, 12.00am
Mail readers sent in more than 400 images in three days: 16-page flood supplement today (more)

Huffington launches 'citizen reporter' election site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 21 2007, 1.07pm
Blog doyenne recuits former Labour strategist to crowdsource 2008 election reportingemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

News groups need to both create and link, claims citizen media expert
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 13 2007, 3.31pm
Dan Gillmor tells New Media Knowledge that linking can keep readers coming back to reliable news sourcesemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Africa to get citizen photojournalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 17 2007, 9.40am
Dutch participation site Skoeps plans to launch overseas expansionemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

International broadcasters say radio programmes galvanize North Korean citizens
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 25 2007, 10.48am
Outside radio programs to North Korea are bringing hope to citizens of the totalitarian state and even inspiring defectors, international broadcasters said yesterday. American-sponsored broadcasts by the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), as well as independent programmes from refugees, are reaching North Koreans - despite the strong objections of dictator Kim Jong-il, [...] (more)

Open source citizen journalism takes off with launch of Assignment Zero
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 15 2007, 4.27pm
NewAssignment.net collaboration with Wired News to gather open source material on crowdsourcingemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Open-source citizen journalism takes off with launch of Assignment Zero
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 15 2007, 4.27pm
NewAssignment.net collaborates with Wired News to gather open-source material on crowdsourcingemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Private citizens liberating North Korea with shortwave radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 5 2007, 10.21am
The Daily NK carries a report on Open Radio for North Korea (ORNK) written by Kevin Kane, who visited the staztion on 23 March.  ORNK President Ha Tae-Kyoung says shortwave radios are growing in popularity in North Korea and more people are acquiring them through China for about US $5.00. Ha went on to point [...] (more)

AP to use citizen journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 12 2007, 6.54pm
Agency to pay for user-generated work after agreeing deal with NowPublic.comemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Trinity Mirror launches ultra-local citizen journalism sites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 26 2007, 4.51pm
Teesside Gazette plays host to five postcode based sites with 18 more to follow (more)

BBC starts experimental citizen journalism project
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2006, 12.02pm
Collaborative project using GPS and mobiles aims to find new forms of story telling (more)

New Citizen Kanes plan US press rescue
From Media Guardian. Posted November 5 2006, 12.00am
America's richest men suddenly want to be newspaper barons - not a moment too soon for some struggling titles, says Edward Helmore. (more)

LA Daily News launches citizen journalism site
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 7 2006, 1.00pm
40 city neighbourhoods linked online (more)

"Limitless cash" available for citizen footage
From Press Gazette. Posted August 31 2006, 12.00am
ITV�s head of news has revealed there is �potentially limitless� cash available for citizen journalists able to deliver �the money shot� on breaking news events. (more)

"Limitless" cash available for citizen footage
From Press Gazette. Posted August 31 2006, 12.00am
ITV's head of news has revealed there is "potentially limitless" cash available for citizen journalists able to deliver �the money shot� on breaking news events. (more)

TV showcases African American citizen media
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 24 2006, 6.00pm
US network The Black Family Channel plans to broadcast viewer's stories to 16 million homes (more)

Citizen journalism film released online
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 24 2006, 3.45pm
Mini-documentary charts the rise of anti-establishment journalism in the US (more)

Citizen Journalism mini-documentary now available online
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 23 2006, 5.15pm
Film charts the rise of anti-establishment journalism in the US (more)

Citizen journalism agency tema up with picture archive service
From Press Gazette. Posted August 14 2006, 12.28pm
Citizen journalism picture agency Scoopt and open-access picture archive service fotoLibra are to become partners. (more)

Citizen journalism agency teams up with picture archive service
From Press Gazette. Posted August 14 2006, 12.28pm
Citizen journalism picture agency Scoopt and open-access picture archive service fotoLibra are to become partners. (more)

Citizen reporters' forum airs online
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 3 2006, 11.15am
Video sessions from the 2006 OhmyNews citizen reporters' forum now available (more)

CNN boosts 'citizen journalism' with showcase site
From Brand Republic. Posted August 3 2006, 8.08am
LONDON - CNN is to launch a user-generated content portal on its homepage, showcasing viewer submitted video, audio and written reports, in its latest push to encourage citizen journalism. (more)

OhmyNews citizen reporters' forum video-on-demand
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 2 2006, 3.30pm
Why not take a look at this comprehensive selection of videos-on-demand showing sessions from the 2006 OhmyNews citizen reporters' forum? (more)

7 July bus image wins Citizen Journalism Award
From Press Gazette. Posted July 14 2006, 12.01am
A photo taken by an eyewitness minutes after a the bus bomb blast last 7 July has won the inaugural Nokia Citizen Journalism Award. (more)

US experiment in citizen journalism offers alternative model for local news reporting
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2006, 1.45pm
Chi-Town Daily News editor talks about using non-professionals to supply ultra-local online news to Chicago (more)

Citizen journalism agency launches blog sales service
From Press Gazette. Posted June 23 2006, 12.22pm
Citizen journalism picture agency Scoopt has launched its new service to help bloggers sell their material for publication. (more)

Yahoo! to launch citizen video-journalist news service?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 19 2006, 3.45pm
Search engine rumoured to be developing system to allow video uploads via mobile devices (more)

OhmyNews founder says citizen journalism can work everywhere
From Press Gazette. Posted June 1 2006, 12.39am
The real story behind OhmyNews, says founder Oh Yeonho, is the collaboration professional and citizen journalists. (more)

Korean citizen journalists get shot at Herald Tribune
From Media Guardian. Posted May 31 2006, 7.38am
The International Herald Tribune, the global newspaper owned by the New York Times, is to carry stories written by members of the public. By Bobbie Johnson and Michael Fitzpatrick. (more)

'Citizen journalism' - it's still a case of them and us
From Press Gazette. Posted May 11 2006, 12.00am
Last week’s We Media Global Forum struggled to find common ground over the issue of citizen journalism, says Martin Stabe (more)

We Media: citizen media - where's the money?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 5 2006, 3.30pm
Cut-price content may now be possible, but business models are still in a state of flux (more)

We Media: Is citizen journalism an Asian phenomenon?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 5 2006, 2.15pm
Citizen media may only thrive where there is no tradition of independent journalism (more)

We Media: the citizen journalism dilemma for mainstream media
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 5 2006, 2.15pm
Trust breaks down on all fronts as traditional outlets attempt to square the circle (more)

Trade journal launches new award for citizen imagery
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 3 2006, 8.30pm
More cynical exploitation of the public, or a legitimate recognition of the arrival of the 'citizen journalist'? Tell us what you think... (more)

Citizens’ input to be rewarded
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2006, 12.00am
Press Gazette is seeking nominations for the first annual Citizen Journalism Award. (more)

SeeMeTV rights grab spells danger for citizen media deal
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2006, 4.15pm
3 Mobile news submission plan with ITN and Sky sparks copyright concerns (more)

More citizen journalists' rights nightmares
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2006, 12.15pm
3 is in discussions with broadcasters over newsworthy mobile footage (more)

Citizen paparazzi agency targets celebrities
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2006, 12.30pm
MrPaparazzi invites public to submit imagery and send text messages about celebrity sightings (more)

San Francisco citizen media site reaches version 2.0
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 12 2006, 10.15pm
Contributors to be paid via donations and Google advertising (more)

Mobile group in talks to create TV link for citizen journalists
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2006, 8.11am
Citizen journalism is poised to leap into mainstream media as mobile network 3 pursues talks with ITN and Sky News about feeding clips on to TV news bulletins. By Richard Wray. (more)

US citizen journalism model generates $5 million
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 5 2006, 1.15pm
YourHub model spreads across local news sites (more)

Changing Media Summit: Citizen media will unlock the secret society, says Jon Snow
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 30 2006, 11.30am
Channel4 broadcaster and new media convert predicts unprecedented levels of accessibility (more)

Guardian columnist hits out at British press and citizens
From Press Gazette. Posted March 30 2006, 12.00am
The British press is possibly “the worst press in the democratic world”, according to Polly Toynbee, columnist at The Guardian. (more)

Changing Media Summit: Citizen media will 'professionalise' journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 29 2006, 1.00am
Journalists - if there's a better blogger, you're 'screwed' (more)

Changing Media Summit: Citizen media to unlock the secret society
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 28 2006, 11.45pm
New media convert Jon Snow predicts citizen-powered transformation (more)

BBC signs up Dan Gillmor for citizen media column
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 13 2006, 12.15pm
Grassroots guru maps out the new conversation (more)

Citizen journalism gives an alternative voice to Israel
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 9 2006, 2.00pm
Scoop exploits mistrust in mainstream media, says founder (more)

Citizens' vulnerability to rights grabs exposed at Reuters debate
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 2 2006, 7.15pm
And BBC chief opens door to payments for witness contributions, subject to market forces... (more)

Citizens: you need facts before you can have opinions...
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 2 2006, 2.15pm
Citizen media could not exist without professional journalists, news chiefs claim (more)

Union launches code of practice for use of citizen journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 26 2006, 4.45pm
Media organisations urged to publish guidelines for witness contributors (more)

Union launches code of practice for citizen journalists
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 26 2006, 3.45pm
Media organisations urged to publish guidelines for witness contributors (more)

NUJ debate on citizen journalism chases its tail
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 25 2006, 4.30pm
Citizen journalists conspicuous by their absence at Guardian-hosted roundtable discussion (more)

BBC considers publishing citizen match reports
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 12 2006, 5.30pm
Minor sports communities may be invited to report on themselves (more)

BBC plans to publish citizen match reports
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 12 2006, 11.45am
Minor sports communities to be invited to report on themselves (more)

Gillmor announces centre for citizen media
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 1 2006, 2.38pm
Berkley and Harvard to support study of grassroots journalism (more)

Beware the onward march of citizen journalism
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Old-style Fleet Street watchdog the Press Complaints Commission(PCC) has bared its teeth in the brave new world of citizen journalism. Every major news event from the London bombings in 2005 to the recent Mississippi bridge disaster has been recorded by amateurs using mobile phone video cameras, with newspapers and magazines standing in line to upload the best and bloodiest footage on to their websites. (more)