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 […]

There is a common misconception about journalists and crowdsourcing. Most people believe that it’s either black or white and that there’s no gray zone. And I usually quickly reply that of course there is a gray zone. We’re all in this gray zone if you wish. The main difference between a normal human being and […]

There is a very interesting article on Fagstein and I invite you to read it. The problem is if quality might take a drop if citizens take over the journalist’s duty and start reporting on their own. I guess so in the very short term and let me explain. This is exactly what happened on […]