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Online Journalism Review - http://www.ojr.org/
Covers issues about online news worldwide. Resource for news industry leaders, publishers, editors, bloggers, educators and anyone watching trends in news-gathering. |
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers - http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
Nonprofit group working to protect digital rights. Offers information about legal issues related to intellectual property (copyrights), privacy, access to public records, defamation (libel), election and labor law, and obscenity issues. |
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J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism - http://www.j-lab.org/
Active organization promoting the development, study and training of participatory journalists. |
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SourceWatch - http://www.sourcewatch.org/
Collaborative directory of people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. Catalogs PR firms, activist groups and government agencies, along with the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives. |
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Our Media: Personal Media Learning Center - http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center
Provides "how-to" guides for videoblogs, podcasts, and filing multi-media news stories. Also offers a repository of audio, video and photo content, and an open media directory. |
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The Pew Center For Civic Journalism - http://www.pewcenter.org/
An incubator to help stimulate citizen involvement in community issues. Guidelines for funding, lists projects, research, plus entry details for the Batten Award for Civic Journalism. |
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Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents - http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542
Published by "Reporters Without Borders" and offering advice on how to start a weblog. Covers ethical guidelines, recommends tools, and provides technical ways on how to get around censorship. [PDF]. |
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Scoopt - http://www.scoopt.com/
Media agency helping citizen journalists sell newsworthy photographs and videos to the press. Tips, pick of the day, FAQs, and weblog. |
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NewAssignment.net - http://newassignment.net/
Edited by David Cohn, this an experiment in open-source reporting tracks developments in interactive journalism. |
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Wikinews: Original reporting - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Original_reporting
Offers guidelines for reporters. Covers sourcing, disclosure of potential conflicts, and preparing for interviews. |
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The Largemouth Citizen Journalism Manual - http://www.mcgillreport.org/largemouth.htm
Documents five steps to becoming a citizen journalist. Compiled by a group of professional journalists who volunteer time to teach anyone the skills to produce accurate, compelling news reports. |
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I, Reporter - http://www.ireporter.org/
Weblog devoted to citizen journalism, run by freelance writer/editors Amy Gahran and Adam Glenn. Offers tips and examples. |
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Flickr: Photojournalism 2.0 - http://www.flickr.com/groups/photojournalism/
Group sharing and discussing citizen and collaborative photojournalism assignments. |
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I-Report Toolkit: Trade Secrets - http://edition.cnn.com/exchange/ireports/toolkit/tips.html
Tips on how to take great photos, videos, and audio when reporting. Also available as PDF. |
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Tribal Shout - http://www.tribalshout.com/
Mobile audio blogging and podcasting platform. Provides on-demand access to podcasts and audio blogs. |