Social media has given citizen journalists more opportunity than ever before to source and distribute their work. Even in countries where as little as six per cent of the population have access to the internet, and even fewer use social media, online citizen journalism has prevailed.
News and links from around the internet focussing on citizen journalism. Curated by @ukcameraman
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
News, mobile and citizen journalism in Afghanistan
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Drone footage and citizen journalism.
If livestreaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat are going to change the news industry in a similar way Twitter did—by allowing whoever happens to be near a news event to become a de facto journalist—imagine what happens when you put an internet-connected, live streaming camera in the sky.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
5 tools Storyful recommends for social media monitoring and verification | Media news
The number of open-source tools and platforms that have emerged to help contextualise and verify information from social media has been one of the biggest developments in journalism in recent years.
"People are realising now that there's a wealth of sources and information out there to help you do a different type of journalism, and it allows stories to emerge from regions that may otherwise not have had that reportage or coverage," explained Malachy Brown, news editor at Storyful.
"People are realising now that there's a wealth of sources and information out there to help you do a different type of journalism, and it allows stories to emerge from regions that may otherwise not have had that reportage or coverage," explained Malachy Brown, news editor at Storyful.
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
A Lens to the Front | Roads & Kingdoms
Ahmed uses a small camera to shoot so he can easily dive in the rapid changes of scenario at the frontline. In this instance, he was being shot at in the middle of the night. And though Carini meets with photojournalists like Ahmed every day, he was still overwhelmed.
Carini is the editor-in-chief of Metrography, the first and only independent photo agency in Iraq. Founded in 2009, the organization covers all 18 of Iraq's governorates from Al-Basra to Zakho. But its philosophy lies within its recruits: They're local, young, and have a deep-rooted knowledge of the country. Its members speak Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkmen, and dozens of local dialects.
Monday, 8 September 2014
News Shooter | How to get ahead in video journalism – 10 tips for starting out from Webby award winner Pete Pattisson
In 2000 I got my first photos published in a magazine. Fourteen years later I won a Webby Award for my film exposing the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup.
Along the way I've learned a few things about what it takes to succeed (or at least survive) as a freelance video journalist. I certainly don't have all the answers, but I hope one or two of these tips may be helpful to some of you trying to break in to this most competitive of fields.
Saturday, 30 August 2014
In danger and "on their own": The perils of freelance war reporting
In danger and "on their own": The perils of freelance war reporting
The execution of freelance journalist James Foley in Syria last week has brought new attention to stark realities of life as a freelance reporter covering conflicts in Syria and across the Middle East.
As they share poignant memories of a friend and colleague, many in the journalism community are urging a deeper consideration of the relationship between freelancers and news outlets publishing their work and a better understanding of the risks independent journalists take on to report from dangerous regions.
The 'World's Finest Citizen Journalist' Is Covering Iraq In Amazing Ways, And Plans To Expand His Website
The 'World's Finest Citizen Journalist' Is Covering Iraq In Amazing Ways, And Plans To Expand His Website
A Kickstarter funded citizen journalist site is making huge strides in its first two weeks of operation.
In the past week alone, Bellingcat claims to have located the spot where US photojournalist James Foley met his death, an ISIS training camp, and the true perpetrators of the 2013 Syrian sarin gas attacks in Damascus.
It's due largely the efforts of a former UK government admin worker named Eliot Higgins, who, since he was laid off in 2012, has been more commonly known online as "Brown Moses".
Friday, 1 August 2014
‘Bellingcat’ Kickstarter Campaign Seeks to Unite Investigative Citizen Journalists
'Bellingcat' Kickstarter Campaign Seeks to Unite Investigative Citizen Journalists
A crowdfunding campaign by a man named Eliot Higgins has the goal of bringing together citizen journalists who are curious about hard news issues through an open-source website. His vision is for contributors all over the world to continue coverage of "Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Jihadists, Shia armed groups, the UK phone hacking scandal, police corruption, and more," he wrote on Kickstarter.
Citizen Journalists Collaboratively Map Conflict in Ukraine
Citizen Journalists Collaboratively Map Conflict in Ukraine
As technology changes, so do our abilities to engage in meaningful ways. In the case of the conflict in Ukraine, one of those ways is through the mapping of eventful incidents on LiveUAMap.com.
Citizen journalists began using the map, running on a platform created by a software team in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, after the ouster of former pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych. Contributions to the site are coded in red (for events favoring Russia and its supporters) and blue (for those on the side of Ukraine and its supporters). Twitter provides much of the avenue for input to allow for the recording of deaths, bombings, fires, and arrests. Photographs that illustrate the conflict, also taken by citizen journalists, are also included.
3 Lessons Citizen Journalists Should Learn from BuzzFeed’s Plagiarism Scandal
3 Lessons Citizen Journalists Should Learn from BuzzFeed's Plagiarism Scandal
Last Friday, BuzzFeed fired "Viral Politics" editor Benny Johnson. The popular internet time-waster cited over 40 instances of plagiarism committed by the conservative-leaningcontent creator.
Putting aside whether those alleged instances of plagiarism were actually plagiarism, and ignoring the fact that BuzzFeed itself is based on taking stuff from all over the internet (aggregation, anyone?), what lessons can we learn from this episode?
Citizen Journalists in Mexico Risking Death to Expose Cartels, Corruption and Media Blackout
Citizen Journalists in Mexico Risking Death to Expose Cartels, Corruption and Media Blackout
A team from Breitbart Texas traveled deep into the Gulf cartel-controlled city of Reynosa, Mexico to meet with one of the citizen journalists leading the effort. In a small secret room deep in the heart of this Mexican city, Breitbart Texas spoke with a man who lives under constant threats because of his effort to use social media in alerting his fellow citizens about "situations of risk". For security reasons, the man known as "Chuy" never shows his face on social media, but his twitter handle @MrCruzstar, has become synonymous with exposing information about the confrontations between the criminal organizations, the cartel members' names, their locations, and corruption in the government. "Chuy" can be seen only from behind in the Breitbart Texas video and he wore a ski mask in an effort to protect his identity.
Thursday, 31 July 2014
How to succeed as a video journalist | Philip Bloom
PHILIP: I have been a journalist for 25 years, 17 of those were working as a news cameraman in some bloody awful places but covering some incredibly important stories.
Just how important people like Christian (who has written the guest blog post below) are must not be underestimated. Without people like him and the countless others working in TV news risking their lives to make sure what needs to be told is told we would live in the dark ages and some of the most desperate plights of man, the injustices, would never be highlighted and we would remain ignorant.
Yes, some TV news programmes are biased and their journalism can, at times be questionable but I am a firm believer that these are in the minority. UK TV news for example is forbidden to be politically biased, unlike UK newspapers, although in reality it's not as easy as that. Anyway this is for a different post.
Monday, 14 July 2014
British blogger Brown Moses launches new site to train others in crowdsourced reporting — Tech News and Analysis
A little over two years ago, the blogger known as Brown Moses was an unemployed father of one, with no journalistic training and no expertise in military weaponry or the Arab world, living in his flat in Leicester, a small town in northern England. Since then, Moses — whose real name is Eliot Higgins — has become a key source of information about the conflict in Syria and elsewhere, information he gathered by spending thousands of hours combing through YouTube videos and social-media accounts. Now he is launching a Kickstarter campaign to jump-start a dedicated website to teach others how to do the same.
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Newspryng: crowdfunding for independent journalism | Media news
A new platform aiming to foster independent journalism and collaborative writing launched last week, with an in-built donation system to support journalists' work.
Newspryng is a new experiment incrowdfunding for journalism, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it.
"I wanted to explore whether we could replicate this model with a platform which anyone could contribute to," Matthew Chapman, the editorial lead behind Newspryng, told Journalism.co.uk.
Newspryng is a new experiment incrowdfunding for journalism, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it.
"I wanted to explore whether we could replicate this model with a platform which anyone could contribute to," Matthew Chapman, the editorial lead behind Newspryng, told Journalism.co.uk.
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Newspryng: crowdfunding for independent journalism | Media news
A new platform aiming to foster independent journalism and collaborative writing launched last week, with an in-built donation system to support journalists' work.
Newspryng is a new experiment incrowdfunding for journalism, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it.
Newspryng is a new experiment incrowdfunding for journalism, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it.
How to open up citizen journalism in Africa beyond the smartphone minority | Media-network | The Guardian
Open journalism has turned all of us into experts, each with our own unique experience, skills and perspective that contribute to the global story. Guardian Activate Johannesburg was the first of its kind in Africa, focusing specifically on how innovations in technology can enhance journalism, increase transparency and make activism more effective. Looking back, what will it take to make open journalism a reality for South Africa and the continent at large?
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Sarah Marshall — Advanced newsgathering using Tweetdeck
Tweetdeck is a powerful newsgathering tool. But are you using all the tips and tricks to mean you get to the story before it breaks? Do you know how to hone in to find key contacts?
Joanna Geary (@JoannaUK), head of news at Twitter UK, came in to the London newsroom of The Wall Street Journal on 17 June to share ideas and best practice.
She also gave this 'advanced newsgathering using Tweetdeck' workshop during the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
Saturday, 5 July 2014
BBC College of Journalism shares free training resources to the world
The BBC College of Journalism last week opened up their training website for free to a global audience. On it are a wealth of resources originally created for an internal BBC audience by some of its most experienced journalists. The college say the opening up of the site is a trial that will last at least 12 months.
There are videos and podcasts on basic three point lighting, safety with lights, how a TV news package is produced, self shooting video journalism, iPhone journalism, audio and many more.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Citizen journalism pioneer Brown Moses is launching a site for crowdsourced reporting — Tech News and Analysis
British blogger Eliot Higgins, who has become a self-taught expert in the crowdsourced verification of news under his alias Brown Moses, is planning to launch a site called Bellingcat that will bring together other citizen journalists and also offer tools for those who want to learn how to do what he does
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
New Sources of Funding for Freelance Journalists | Rory Peck Trust
Finding funding for your latest project can be difficult and time-consuming. We created theSource of Funding pages to help under-resourced freelancers discover the variety of grants available, and to offer advice on how to apply for them.
We've had a great response from freelancers so far, and it's consistently one of the most popular resources on our site. There's a large number of grants availabe for freelancers. Our aim is to compile the most relevant ones and categorise them into region-specific or international sections.
We've had a great response from freelancers so far, and it's consistently one of the most popular resources on our site. There's a large number of grants availabe for freelancers. Our aim is to compile the most relevant ones and categorise them into region-specific or international sections.
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