Doug McGill, AKA the local man wrote an interesting article explaining why we can trust citizen journalists. This is an old article (over 1 year old ) but I think everything he said last year still applies now. Some (especially number 3 and 4) have an American touch but I think they still apply to […]

Great article by Doug McGill where he taught the basics of journalistic story structure, ethics and practices to about a hundred people like you and I (school teachers, government workers, not-for-profit types, retired people, students and many others). I think that he’s now a strong believer in social journalists.
Here’s what he learned:
1. Citizens […]