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Articles tagged citizen journalism (65)

With over 200,000 followers on Facebook and a tireless work ethic, the only question is where Justin Auciello will take Jersey Shore Hurricane News next.
Nieman Lab and some other organizations dedicated to journalism are asking people who gather news for publication to take a survey on press passes, access, and other issues around media credentials. We’d love your help.
Providing journalism from within Brazil’s protest movement has led the “ninjas” to find an audience that wants to be represented in media.
Plus: Developments in the DOJ’s seizure cases, The Washington Post unveils its pay plan, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news.
Nieman Visiting Fellow Hong Qu analyzes the role social media played in breaking the news of the Boston Marathon attack.
“If we could start to really connect people around story ideas before they’re reported, in a way that makes sense and is using technology in a savvy way and make it efficient to do, we would be really interested in doing that.” Caroline O'Donovan
Researchers found that Twitter users covering the violence start to take on some of the characteristics of traditional media.
Plus: The debate on aggregation do’s and don’ts, the state of media reporting, and the rest of the week’s news.