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How to be a Citizen Journalist Adapted from the course reading Histories of Citizen JournalismBy Carolyn Lim

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How to be a Citizen Journalist

Adapted from the course reading “Histories of Citizen Journalism”

By Carolyn Lim

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Simple 3 Steps

1. How to write

2. How to take the photos

3. How to get news

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Website: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

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How to write

• always write from inside-out• be emotional• Sign up with Blogger.com

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How to take photo

• Always capture the anxiety, the anguish, the agony of the protagonist.

• Get yourself an iPhone or simply any phone with a camera.

• Submit your photo online to sites like moblog.com

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Source: http://www.drudgereport.com/

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How to get news

• Work at or near traditional news outlet • Keep a lookout on Twitter• Be at the scene of the disaster

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A word of caution

Be aware of any type of image/ content that have been banned by your government

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Thank you

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Online ResourcesSouth Korea-based online newspaper website whose articles are contributed by freelance and ordinary citizens.

http://www.ohmynews.com

Dahr Jamail, a journalist blogger has been the first to announce to the world the coalition forces’ usage of depleted uranium which is prohibited by international treaties (Kurkcu, 2006, p.86).

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/

Matt Drudge’s website. A self-proclaimed renegade cyber-journalist, Matt is most famous for being the first to break the news of ex-US President Clinton’s infamous relationship with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.

http://www.drudgereport.com/

Salam Pax is a pseudonymous blogger from Iraq whose site "Where is Raed?" received notable media attention.http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

A website for publishing your blogs directly from your phone or other handheld device. Many of the photos taken during the London Underground bombing in 2005 was uploaded on this website.

http://www.moblog.net/home/

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BibliographyAllan, S. (2002). “Reweaving the Internet, Online news of September 11” (eds) Zellizer, B and Allan, S. in Journalism After September 11. London: Routledge.

Andrews, P. (2003). Is Blogging Journalism? Nieman Reports. 57 (3), pp.63-65.

Andrews, R. (2006). “9/11: Birth of the Blog”http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2006/09/71753

Blood, Rebecca (2003). Weblogs and Journalism: Do They Connect Nieman Reports. 57(3): 61-63

Gitlin, T. (2009). “Journalism’s many Crises”. Open Democracy Websitehttp://www.opendemocracy.net/article/a-surfeit-of-crises-circulation-revenue-attention-authorityand-deference

Lasica, J. D. (2002). “Weblogs: A New Source of News”, Online Journalism Review,http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017958782.php

McChesney, R. (2007). Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media. New York and London: The New Press.

Reynolds, G (2007). An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.