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 […]

The BBC has a free training section for future / would-be journalists. Social journalist, aka crowdsourcers, aka citizen journalists can use these techniques to improve their skills. This is an interesting move. It suggests that they truly believe in this next generation of journalists.

I just got an email from the fine folks at SlideShare saying that the YulNews presentation was selected as SlideCast of the day. This is great news and I invite you to check it out here!

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 […]