Training citizen journalists
Steve Outing, who has been doing online since way before online was cool, has a post up at the Poynter Institute's site on whether, and how, news organizations should train citizen journalists. For what it's worth, I'd like to see us do that (although there are a number of other things I'd like to see us do first, he said, with a grimace). I think helping a team of citizen journalists produce a really good local investigative story/Web project would be about the most fun I could have without involving nudity, explosions or my kids.
What do you think?
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It would be great fun. We could call it a blog swarm.
Posted on April 15, 2005 11:13 AM
What's wrong with Nudity and Explosions?
Can I were Yellow Overalls?
Posted on April 16, 2005 2:59 PM
FS: Nothing at all; that's why I say they're even more fun than investigative journalism.
You're the second person to say something about yellow overalls, and I'm not getting the reference, although I feel as if I should be. What is it?
Posted on April 18, 2005 9:19 AM
If you decide to train "citizen journalist' I'd be interested. I have summited a couple of acticles to your "contributing readers". I want to learn as much as I can.
Posted on April 23, 2005 12:09 AM