Journalism
Journalism is the work and
distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and
people that are the "
news of the day",
which is suppose to help inform society, but sadly this is not always the
case.
Media
Literacy -
News Outlets
Journalism Hero's -
Films about Journalism -
Citizen Journalism -
Editing Help -
Journalism Education

Freedom of the Press is the
Freedom of Communication
and expression through mediums including various electronic media and
published materials. While such freedom mostly implies the absence of
interference from an overreaching state, its preservation may be sought
through
constitutional or other legal protections.
Human Rights -
Freedom of Information -
Education Rights
"Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is
a journalist." ~
Andrew Vachss
"Journalism can never be silent, that is its greatest virtue and its greatest
fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes
of wonder, and the claims of triumph, and the signs of horror are still in the air."
"Our
liberty depends on the freedom of
the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." ~
Thomas Jefferson (wiki)
Journalism Ethics and Standards are
principles of
truthfulness,
accuracy,
objectivity,
impartiality,
fairness, and public
accountability and
good practice as these apply to
the acquisition of newsworthy information and its subsequent dissemination
to the public. Journalism ethics include the principle of "
limitation
of harm". This often involves the withholding of certain details from
reports such as the names of minor children, crime victims' names or
information not materially related to particular news reports release of
which might, for example, harm someone's
reputation. There is also a
concern with
discriminatory references in news based on race, religion, sexual
orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.
Poynter
Institute (wiki).
Journalistic Objectivity
is a significant principle of journalistic professionalism. Journalistic
objectivity can refer to fairness, disinterestedness, factuality, and
nonpartisanship, but most often encompasses all of these qualities.
Journalist is a person who collects,
writes, or distributes news or other current information. A journalist's
work is called journalism. A journalist can work with general issues or
specialize in certain issues. However, most journalists tend to
specialize, and by cooperating with other journalists, produce journals
that span many topics.
Witness is an international organization that trains and
supports people using video in their fight for
Human Rights.
Global Witness exposes the hidden links
between demand for natural resources,
corruption, armed conflict and
environmental destruction.
Watch Dogs
are guardians or defenders against
theft or
illegal practices or
waste.
Report is a written
document describing the
findings of some individual or
group. The act of informing by verbal report.
A short account of the news. Announce as the result of an
investigation or experience or finding.
To give an account or
representation of in words.
Minus the
Propaganda
Reporter is a person who collects,
writes, or distributes news or other current information.
Correspondent is usually a journalist or
commentator for magazines, or more speaking, an agent who contributes
reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of
company, from a remote, often distant, location. Correspondent also means
someone who communicates by means of a written message or letter that is
addressed to a person or organization.
News Anchor is a person who presents
news during a news program on television, on the radio or on the Internet.
News is
Information about recent and important events.
Informal
information of any kind that is not previously known to someone.
News - the way it should be
Muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize
reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular
magazines. The modern term is
investigative journalism, and
investigative journalists today are often informally called "muckrakers."
They relied on their own reporting and often worked to
expose social ills
and corporate and
political corruption.
Henry Anatole Grunwald (December 3, 1922 – February
26, 2005) was an Austrian-born journalist and diplomat perhaps best known
for his position as managing editor of TIME magazine and editor in chief
of Time, Inc. In 2001, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for
Science and Art, 1st class.
Journalism Hero's
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ActivismCausative
is a valency-increasing operation that indicates that a subject
causes
someone or something else to do or be something, or
causes a change in
state of a non-volitional event. Prototypically, it brings in a new
argument (the causer), A, into a transitive clause, with the original S
becoming the O.
Journalism Types - Investigations
Investigative Journalism
is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of
interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate
wrongdoing.
Connect the Dots
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Mind Maps
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Mathematical Structure
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Group Theory
(categorizing)
Investigate is to
conduct an
Inquiry or
investigation of. A
systematic
investigation of a matter of public
interest. A
Search for
knowledge.
A careful
Examination.
The International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists
Investigative Reporting
Investigated Reporters
Global Investigative Journalism
NetworkFairness and
Accuracy In Reporting
Private Investigator is a person who
can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law
services. (private eye, private detective, inquiry agent).
Opposition Research.
Criminal
Investigation is an applied science that involves the study of facts,
used to identify, locate and prove the
guilt
of an accused criminal. A complete criminal investigation can include
searching, interviews,
interrogations,
evidence collection and
preservation and various methods of investigation. Modern-day criminal
investigations commonly employ many modern
scientific techniques known collectively as
forensic science. Criminal investigation
is an ancient science that may have roots as far back as c. 1700 BCE in
the writings of the Code of Hammurabi. In the code it is suggested that
both the accuser and accused had the right to present evidence they
collected. In the modern era criminal investigations are most often done
by government police forces. Private investigators are also commonly hired
to complete or assist in criminal investigations.
Doxing.
Principal Investigator is the holder of an independent grant
administered by a university and the
lead researcher for the grant
project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical
trial. The phrase is also often used as a synonym for "head of the
laboratory" or "research group leader." While the expression is common in
the sciences, it is used widely for the person or persons who make final
decisions and supervise funding and expenditures on a given research
project.
Detective is an investigator,
usually a member of a law enforcement agency. Some are private persons,
and may be known as private investigators or "
private eyes".
Informant -
Source
Surveillance Programs By the U.S.
Government
News Embargo is a
request by a source that the information or news provided by that source
not be published until a certain date or certain conditions have been met.
Ocean Protectors.
Journalism Sourcing is a person,
publication, or other record or document that gives timely information.
Pseudonym or Alias, is a name that a
person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which can differ from
their original or true name.
Questioning -
Research
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The Five W's
Data-Driven Journalism is a process
based on analyzing and filtering large data sets for the purpose of
creating a news story.
Evidence-Based
Journalism (wikitribune)
Evidence (scientific research)
Gonzo Journalism is a style of
journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including
the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative.
The Bureau Investigates
Interview is a conversation where questions are asked and answers are given.
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PDF
Activism
Photography
Visual Journalism is the practice of strategically combining words and images to convey information.
Visual Journalist
Photojournalism is a particular form
of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material
for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news
story.
Drones.
Candid Photography is a
photograph
captured without creating a
posed appearance. This is achieved in many ways, for example: when the
subject is in motion, by avoiding prior preparation of the subject, by
surprising the subject, by not distracting the subject during the process
of taking photos. Thus, the candid character of a photo is unrelated to
the subject's knowledge about or consent to the fact that photos are being
taken, and unrelated to the subject's permission for further usage and
distribution. The crucial factor is the actual absence of posing. However,
if the subject is absolutely
unaware of being photographed and does not
even expect it, then such photography is secret photography, which is a
special case of candid photography.
People Watching.
Crowd Funded Visual Journalism
Citizen Journalism
Find a Photographer
American Society of Media Photographers
Missouri Photo Journalism
Photography Knowledge and Lessons
Photography Services
Press Photographers Association
Professional Photographers association
Photographing Police -
Legal Help
Documentary Photography usually refers
to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events or environments
both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as
everyday life. It is typically covered in professional photojournalism, or
real life reportage, but it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic
pursuit.
Environmental Journalism is the
collection, verification, production, distribution and exhibition of
information regarding current events, trends, issues and people that are
associated with the non-human world with which humans necessarily
interact.
Environmental
Journalists Killed
Backpack Journalist
is an emerging form of journalism that requires a journalist to be a
reporter, photographer, and videographer, as well as an editor and
producer of stories.
Knowledge Based Reporting
Fairness & Accuracy Reporting
What is the News supposed to be?
Social Documentary
Film Schools
Media Literacy
Freedom of Speech
First Amendment
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Freedom of
Speech
Freedom of the Press
is the freedom of communication and expression through mediums including
various electronic media and published materials. While such freedom
mostly implies the absence of interference from an overreaching state, its
preservation may be sought through constitutional or other legal
protections.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Fiefdom of Speech
(youtube)
Trevor Timm, How free is our freedom of the
press? (video Interactive text)
Article 19 The
Universal Declaration
of
Human Rights.
Article 19
Principles of a Free Society
Free Speech Zone are areas set aside
in public places for the purpose of
political
protesting. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution
states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances." The existence of free speech zones is based on U.S. court
decisions stipulating that the government may regulate the time, place,
and manner—but not content—of expression.
Free Speech TV -
Freedom Forum
Freedom of Information Act
is a federal freedom of information law that
allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased
information and documents controlled by the United States government. The
Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory
disclosure procedures and grants nine exemptions to the statute.
State Freedom of Information Laws
Information Laws by Country (wiki)
Information Protection
Gag Order
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Suppression
Injunction
is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that compels a party
to do or refrain from specific acts. A party that fails to comply with an
injunction faces criminal or civil penalties, including possible monetary
sanctions and even imprisonment. They can also be charged with contempt of
court. Counterinjunctions are injunctions that stop or reverse the
enforcement of another injunction.
Temporary Restraining Orders
is a short-term civil order issued by a judge or magistrate in state or
federal court. The order forbids a person from engaging in some threatened
action against someone else (typically having contact with someone else).
Sources
Source is a person, publication, or
other
record or
document that gives timely
information. Outside
journalism, sources are sometimes known as "
news sources". Examples of
sources include official records, publications or broadcasts, officials in
government or business, organizations or corporations,
witnesses of crime,
accidents or other events, and people involved with or affected by a news
event or issue.
Whistle Blower.
Reliable Sources (discusses the reliability of various types
of sources) -
Verifiability
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Citations (plagiarism)
Informant is a person who provides
privileged information about a person or organization to an agency.
Reference
is a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted
passage. A book to which you can refer for authoritative
facts. The act of referring or
consulting.
The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.
The most direct or specific
meaning of
a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.
Reference can also mean a formal recommendation by a former employer to a
potential future employer describing the person's
qualifications and
dependability.
Investigations -
De-Anonymization.
Reporter's
Privilege is a "reporter's protection under constitutional or
statutory law, from being compelled to testify about confidential
information or sources."
Attorney–Client
Privilege -
Disclosure Agreements.
Protection of Sources is a right
accorded to journalists under the laws of many countries, as well as under
international law. It prohibits authorities, including the courts, from
compelling a journalist to reveal the identity of an anonymous source for
a story. The right is based on a recognition that without a strong
guarantee of
anonymity, many would be deterred from coming forward and
sharing information of public interests with journalists. As a result,
problems such as corruption or crime might go undetected and unchallenged,
to the ultimate detriment of society as a whole. In spite of any such
legal protections, the pervasive use of traceable electronic
communications by journalists and their sources provides governments with
a tool to determine the origin of information. In the United States, the
federal government legally contends that no such protection exists for
journalists. Sometimes also referred to as the confidentiality of sources
or in the U.S. as the reporter's privilege.
Expert?
Shield Laws is
legislation designed to protect
reporters' privilege. This privilege involves the right of news reporters
to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information
obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process. Currently
the U.S. federal government has not enacted any national shield laws, but
most of the 50 states do have shield laws or other protections for
reporters in place.
Back Channel is
a secondary or covert route for the passage of information. Back channel
can also mean a sound or gesture made to give continuity to a conversation
by a person who is listening to another.
Backchannel is the
practice of using networked computers to maintain a real-time online
conversation alongside the primary group activity or live spoken remarks.
Independent News Resources
American Civil Liberties
Reporters Committee
Media Law Resource
Professional Journalists
Government Agencies
Journalism Hero's
Violence Against Journalists Reached 'Unprecedented Levels' In 2018.
In the first 11 months of the year, 348 journalists were detained and 60
were held hostage, the organization found. Eighty were killed.
George Seldes was an American investigative journalist, foreign
correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the
publication of the newsletter
In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was an investigative reporter-- what the
early 20th century called a muckraker. Like them he used his journalism to
fight injustice and justify reform. But the public mood had changed, and
the demand for muckraking was much weaker on the part of the readership.
His career, according to historian Helen Fordham, demonstrates that those
who crusaded too vehemently crossed a line and seemed to violate new
standards of impartiality and objectivity. His work was often criticized
as too radical. (November 16, 1890 – July 2, 1995).
Tell the Truth and
Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) (youtube, 1:51mins.)
Lords of the Press Hardcover – 1938 (amazon)
International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists
Whistle Blowing
Protect Journalists
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67 journalists
killed worldwide in 2012.
For the
second year in a row,
a record number of journalists were imprisoned worldwide in 2017, and
more than half of those jailed for their work are behind bars in Turkey,
China, and Egypt.
Committee to
Protect Journalists
Journalists killed in 10 years Info-Graph (image)
International Center for Journalists
Wiki Leaks
Bloggers Killed 2015
Environmental Hero's being Murdered -
Journalism Activists -
Ignorant criminals are murdering people who are trying to protect the
land, air and water, as well as, protecting human rights and freedoms,
from destructive industries.
Public Integrity
investigative journalism
on issues of public concern.
Global Integrity -
Ocean Protectors
International Consortium
Global Issues
Press Freedom Index is an annual
ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders
based upon the organisation's own assessment of the countries' press
freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of
freedom that journalists, news organisations, and netizens have in each
country, and the efforts made by authorities to respect this freedom.
Reporters Without Borders is careful to note that the index only deals
with press freedom and does not measure the quality of journalism nor does
it look at human rights violations in general.
Reporters Without Borders is an
international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes and
defends freedom of information and freedom of the press. The organization,
with a head office in Paris, France, has consultant status at the United
Nations. Reporters Without Borders has
two primary
spheres of activity: one is focused on
Internet censorship and the new
media, and the other on
providing material,
financial and psychological assistance to journalists assigned to
dangerous areas. Its missions are to: continuously monitor attacks on
freedom of information worldwide; denounce any such attacks in the media;
act in cooperation with governments to fight censorship and laws aimed at
restricting freedom of information; morally and financially assist
persecuted journalists, as well as their families; and offer material
assistance to war correspondents in order to enhance their safety.
Reporters without Borders
Whistle Blowers (if you see something,
say something)
Coalition against Censorship
-
Censorship
Society of News Editors
Reporter
Journalism News
Journalism
All Top
Power Reporting
Ushahidi
TPMmuckraker
Secrecy News
Greg Palast
Robert Niles
Bryan Christy
The Well
Webcasters
Radio TV Digital News
Daily Show's Hasan
Minhaj White House Correspondents' Dinner full monologue (youtube,
Published on April 29th, 2017). This comedian is absolutely brilliant.
Not only were the
satirical jokes funny,
but the looks on the faces in the crowd were incredibly funny, almost as
funny as the jokes, almost. It's funny because it's true. The
White
House Press Corps are as pathetic as the administration they claim to
investigate in order to keep the public informed. Yes it is extremely
difficult to report on our government that considers
lying a form of
communication, but still that is not an excuse to become
accessories to the
crimes being committed by our
government. When people have to get the truth from satirical comedy, we
are all in serious trouble. It's funny, but at the same time, it's
so pathetic. I understand that some people don't have a sense of humor,
but most don't see how pathetic they really are. Afraid to laugh, afraid
to admit your flaws, or just plain arrogant or ignorant. This is a sad
reminder that free speech is useless if you never say anything relevant or
important. Free speech is useless if ignorant people control the media and
the dialog.
Censorship is as
poisonous as
Propaganda.
"WHITE HOUSE PRESS
BRIEFING" — A Bad Lip Reading (youtube) - How White House press
briefings sound in Sarah Huckabee Sanders' head.
White
House Press Corps is the group of journalists, correspondents, or
members of the media usually stationed at the White House in Washington,
D.C., to cover the President of the United States, White House events, and
news briefings. Their offices are located in the West Wing.
Crooked Media
Writing Awards
George Polk Awards are American
Journalism Awards, one of only a couple of journalism prizes that means anything.
List of George Polk Award Winners (wiki)
Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest is given annually by the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Ridenhour Prizes -
Pulitzer Prize -
Nobel Peace Prize (wiki)
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian
Government with the aim of raising the profile of
contemporary
creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is
reportedly Australia's richest literary prize with the top winner
receiving A$125,000 and category winners A$25,000 each.
Right
Livelihood Award recognizes the efforts of those who are tackling
these issues more directly, coming up with practical answers to challenges
like the pollution of our air, soil and water, the danger of nuclear war,
the abuse of basic
human rights, the
destitution and
misery of the poor and the
over-consumption and
spiritual poverty of the
wealthy”. An award for the people and their work and struggles for a
better future. The Laureates come from all walks of life: they are
farmers, teachers, doctors, or simply, concerned citizens. The Right
Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those
offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges
facing us today. Awards in such fields as
environmental protection, human
rights,
sustainable development, health,
education, and
peace. Right Livelihood Award
is usually shared by four Recipients.
Journalism Education
Journalism School
is where journalists are trained with technical skills such as research
skills, interviewing technique and shorthand and academic studies in media
theory, cultural studies and ethics.
Online Journalism Review -
Online Journalism Training
Knight Digital Media Center -
Helping good journalism and
good journalists thrive in the
Digital Now.
Journalism & Women Symposium
Megan Kamerick: Women Should Represent
women in Media (video)
Eman Mohammed (video)
Online News Association
Inter News Media Training
American Press Institute
Journalism Education
News University
National Press Club
Poynter
Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication
(wiki)
High School Journalism
Student News Website
Teenage Generated News
Student Press Review
Student Press Law Center
Kansas Student Newspaper's Fact Check Results In New Principal's
Resignation
J Ideas
Know your Rights
Media Literacy Education
Writing Tips -
Talking
Public Media
Scholastic Press Assoc
Collegiate Press Assoc
School of Communication
Journo World
Frontline Club
News Lab
News 21
Day Life Cloud Publishing
10,000 Words -
Resource for
Journalists
Pen 3,400 Professional Members who
represent the most distinguished
writers, translators, and editors in the
United States.
Media Literacy
Education
Media Literacy
Info
Future of Journalism - Experiential
Journalism
Digital Journalist
Journalism Crisis
Saving American Journalism
Our Blook
Save the News
Bright Future for Journalism
Reconstruction of Journalism
TV One World
Charles Lewis
Project Report
(youtube)
History Commons
summaries of
16,054
events.
British Library holds 14 million
books, 920,000 journal and newspaper
titles, 58 million patents,
3 million sound recordings, 40 million
news
pages to go digital and more.
Library's
Content 4 Reprint
Newseum
Blogs
Google Blog Search
Library Blog Bridge
Blogs
Fair Blog
Blog Catalog
Blog Herald
Blog Creator
Word Press Blog Creator
Word Press Website Maker
Eppy Awards
Honoring the
best Websites
offered by newspapers,
television, magazine and
radio companies.
Information
Sources
Films about Journalism
Tell
the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) (youtube,
1:51mins.)
Reporter
is a 2009 documentary film about the work of New York Times columnist
Nicholas Kristof
in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Executive produced by Ben Affleck and
directed by Eric Daniel Metzgar, the HBO movie captures life in the
war-ravaged African country and specifically focuses on the challenges
faced by international correspondents in covering the region's crises.
John Pilger: Real Journalism (youtube)
Kill the Messenger (2014) (wiki) - focuses on CIA
involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking.
The Trouble with the Truth - A
Documentary film about South Africa's Apartheid, when Journalists were
Activists.
Finding
Hillywood
Journalism: Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (youtube)
War Photographer Film
(amazon) -
Website -
James Nachtwey (wiki)
Shooting Robert King is a 2008 documentary film directed by Richard
Parry. It documents photojournalist Robert King over 15 years and through
3 different war zones. The films splices footage from his time working in
war zones with footage of him home with his family in Tennessee.
Inspirational video about how extremely
important Journalism is in reporting injustices around the
world.
America and Lewis Hine (1984) (video)
Lewis Hine (wiki)
Historic child Labor Photos by Lewis Hine
Hine Photos
Child Labor in the United States
Help
A horrific look at some of the worlds
most abused workers on the planet.
Workingman's Death (2005) 127:17 (video)
Working Mans Death
Oren Yakobovich: Hidden Cameras that film injustice in the
world's most dangerous places (video)
Videre
An AP investigation helps free slaves in the 21st century.
Over the course of 18 months, Associated Press journalists
located men held in cages, tracked ships and stalked
refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the
fishing industry in Southeast Asia. The reporters’ dogged effort
led to the release of more than 2,000 slaves and traced the
seafood they caught to supermarkets and pet food providers
across the U.S. For this investigation, AP has won the 2016
Pulitzer Prize for Public
Service. The articles are presented here in their entirety.
How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in
history: Gerard Ryle (video and interactive text)
International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists is an active global
network of 185 reporters in more than 65 countries who
collaborate on in-depth investigative stories.
Whistle Blowers Unite
Fifth Estate is a socio-cultural reference to groupings of
outlier viewpoints in contemporary society, and is most
associated with bloggers, journalists, and non-mainstream media
outlets. The "Fifth" Estate extends the sequence of the three
classical Estates of the Realm and the preceding Fourth Estate,
essentially the mainstream press. The use of "fifth estate"
dates to the 1960s
counterculture, and in particular the influential The Fifth
Estate, an underground newspaper first published in Detroit in
1965.
The Fifth Estate (film) is a 2013 film directed by Bill
Condon, about the news-reporting website
WikiLeaks. The
film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as its editor-in-chief and
founder
Julian Assange, and Daniel Brühl as its former spokesperson
Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
WikiRebels
- The Documentary (1/4) (youtube)
Documentaries
Citizen Journalism - News Reporting Apps
Citizen Journalism
is based upon public citizens playing an active role in the process of
collecting, reporting, analyzing, and
disseminating news and information.
An alternative and
Activist form of newsgathering and reporting that
functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to
shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar
journalistic practices but is driven by different objectives and ideals
and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or
mainstream journalism. When the
people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in
their possession to inform one another. (also known as "public journalism",
"participatory journalism", "democratic journalism", "guerrilla journalism" or "street journalism").
Public Service
List of Citizen Journalism Websites
Citizen Journalism
Media Roots is a
citizen journalism project that reports the news from outside of party
lines while providing a collaborative forum for conscious citizens.
The Empire Files
acTVism Munich (youtube channel)
Filming Police -
Filming Crimes
Mobile
Reporting is a trend emerging in the field of news and
content generation. The term describes the use of a
mobile phone as a
reporting tool. The user creates text, photo and video that combined
produces a multimedia based report. The content is edited on the phone
before being uploaded to the internet via mobile network or Internet
connection. Usually mobile reporting is used for publishing to the
web. This is particularly the case with video as the technology does not
yet allow for the production of high end video. However, the low quality
is suitable for Internet. Mobile reporting is particularly relevant in
areas that lack modern Internet infrastructure (Sub Sahara Africa, Central
Asia, South America, Latin America). The mobile phone is low in cost when
compared to more traditional reporting equipment.
Civil is a Marketplace for
Sustainable Journalism. Building a newsroom platform using blockchain
technology and cryptoeconomics to
create
an open marketplace for journalists and citizens.
User-Generated Content is defined as "any form of content such as
blogs, wikis, discussion forums, posts, chats, tweets, podcasts, digital
images, video, audio files, advertisements and other forms of media that
was created by users of an online system or service, often made available
via social media websites". It is also called user-created content (UCC).
Global Citizen
organizes massive global campaigns to amplify the actions of Global
Citizens from around the world.
Top Android apps for citizen journalists and mobile reporters in tough
environments
Atavist Make
a story, design it your way, share it.
Cover it
Live live-event publishing platform since 2007.
Live Leak
Live Stream
Video Chat is the best way to discover talented
broadcasters, watch live streams and video chat live with people from
around the world.
Twitch.tvBambuser
is a
mobile video technology for organizations and app developers. Mobile live
video capabilities using robust and proven SDKs, APIs, a turnkey app,
scalable infrastructure and video delivery.
Witness makes it
possible for anyone, anywhere to use video and technology to protect and
defend
Human Rights.
The Power of Citizen Video to create Undeniable Truths - Yvette Alberdingk
Thijm at TEDxSkoll (video and text)
Proof Mode Metadata shows the
date, the location, the temperature, the weather.
Mobilize Us Send &
manage group text messages from our web app or phone and get people the
information they need, when they need it.
Guardian Project creates easy
to use secure apps, open-source software libraries, and customized mobile
devices that can be used around the world by any person looking to protect
their communications and personal data from unjust intrusion, interception
and monitoring.
Lab Witness
Media Lab is dedicated to unleashing the potential of eyewitness video as
a powerful tool to report, monitor, and advocate for human rights.
Hardbound mobile-based
storytelling.
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Solocam selfie stick that integrates a new and improved
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MeCam NeoMe Mini Wearable Video Camera gives you
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Stringer is a
freelance journalist, photographer, or videographer who contributes
reports, photos, or videos to a news organization on an ongoing basis but
is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work. As
freelancers, stringers do not receive a regular salary and the amount and
type of work is typically voluntary. However, stringers often have an
ongoing relationship with one or more news organizations, to which they
provide content on particular topics or locations when
the
opportunities arise.
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Video Tools -
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Video Bolt Quickly and easily produce logo animations for your Youtube
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Collaboration Tools
Eyewitness Video on YouTube
YouTube Newswire (youtube)
Attn delivers
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articles and commentary telling stories worth your attention.
AJ Plus Al Jazeera Media Network. Vyclone
A Pocket
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Verification
Handbook
Citizen Evidence Verifying
Investigative Dashboard
Think Progress
news site dedicated to providing our readers with rigorous reporting and
analysis from a progressive perspective. Founded in 2005.
Press
Reference
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Association’s “Hack Curriculum” Fund for Innovation in
Journalism Education.
High School Journalism
Independent News
Sources
Relevance Today (new concept for news reporting in the early
stages of development)
Open
Data
Haven App Protection. Haven App turns any Android phone into a motion,
sound, vibration and light detector, watching for unexpected guests and
unwanted intruders by combining the array of sensors found in any
smartphone. You can configure Haven to send you real-time encrypted alerts
of what it detects to your other phone, the one you carry with you, when
an intrusion is detected. You can choose to get encrypted Signal
notifications, and you can also configure Haven to run a Tor onion service
website (that is, a darknet site), and use Tor Browser on another device
to connect in and view all of the alerts — all without giving anyone else
access to these evidence logs unless you choose to share them. Haven also
supports SMS text notifications, which can be intercepted but which might
be more reliable in some situations. You definitely need a separate
Android device to use Haven effectively. You could choose to not get
notifications on your other phone at all, and instead just check the local
Haven logs once you get back to the room you’re monitoring. You could
connect to a wifi network (like the hotel’s network) on your Haven phone,
and configure Haven to run a Tor onion service website directly on the
phone. You can then use Tor Browser on a computer, Orfox on an Android
phone, or Onion Browser on an iPhone to load this website to check for
intrusion alerts. To do this, you need to install the Orbot app, which is
Tor for Android, on your Haven phone as well. You could also connect to
wifi and configure Haven to send you real-time Signal notifications as
intrusion events happen. This is the most user friendly way of getting
alerts. However, without phone service, it’s not trivial to set up because
you’ll need to obtain an extra phone number to register a new Signal
account with, like described in this article.
If
you do pay for phone service for your Haven phone: If your phone
plan includes mobile data, you don’t have to worry about wifi being
available. In fact, I’d recommend disabling wifi and only using mobile
data.You can use the Haven app to register a Signal account using your
spare phone’s phone number, to send encrypted notifications to your normal
phone via Signal. You can also choose to have Haven send SMS notifications
to your normal phone on intrusion events, instead of using Signal. If
you’re going to be gone for a long period of time, you might need to keep
your Haven phone plugged in so that it doesn’t run out of battery and
power off. This means you can’t keep your laptop and Haven phone in a
hotel safe for too long before the battery dies. But, considering hotel
safes are not very secure, it’s not too different to just leave your
laptop and Haven phone on the desk or bedside table, plugged in. Another
thing to consider is the the security of your Haven phone itself. A clever
attacker who knows that you’re using Haven could jam the wifi, mobile
data, and SMS wireless frequencies, preventing Haven from sending you
notifications. The attacker could then attempt to access the phone to
delete the local evidence logs from the device as well. For this reason,
it’s important to lock down your Haven phone. Lock your phone with a
strong passcode or password, and make sure your phone is encrypted. You
can change your lockscreen and security settings from the Settings app.
Also, install all updates for Android and for all of your apps, and turn
off all radios that you aren’t using, like bluetooth and NFC. If you can,
use mobile data and turn off wifi as well. This will reduce the attack
surface of the phone, making it more difficult for an attacker to hack it
once they’ve entered your room. Rutkowska said she “absolutely” believes
there is a need for technology like Haven, and suggested that the
developers add “a hearbeat signal… for remote logging.” That would help
warn users when the device loses a network connection, for example due to
signal jamming. She also thinks most users will disable real-time
notifications because “getting lots of Signal messages is annoying” —
better to have a log that can be consulted later. To protect it from
tampering, such a log could be cryptographically signed. It could also be
pushed to a remote location, like a git version-control repository running
on a distant server. If an attacker can both jam your Haven phone’s radio
signals and also hack into it to delete the evidence of intrusion, it’s
possible for them to then still do an evil maid attack on your laptop
without getting caught. However, Haven makes such an attack considerably
more expensive, with less certainty of success, than if all they had to
deal with was tampering with your laptop. Another thing to keep in mind is
that Haven can only monitor for intrusions if you actually use it. During
my time testing it, more than once I positioned my Haven phone in the
right place, made sure it was connected to wifi so I could get
notifications, and plugged in so the battery wouldn’t die, but then forgot
to actually activate the app. Several hours later when I returned to my
room and found the Haven phone deactivated, I had no way of knowing if an
intrusion occurred or not. Finally, Haven is still in early development.
There are still kinks that need to be worked out, plenty of bugs that need
to be fixed, and plenty of features that would make it more useful and
more reliable. There are false positives; once, I came back to find over
80 intrusion alerts, all of them the sounds of loud cars or sirens driving
by my Manhattan hotel room. And sometimes, actual events don’t get logged
when they should — I ran into issues where camera motion events weren’t
getting triggered at all on my device, but that bug has been resolved for
me now. It would be prudent to wait for the Haven app to mature before
relying on it in high security situations. But even now, it’s much better
than leaving your laptop exposed to physical attacks without any
monitoring while you’re heading out for drinks after a long day at a
conference.
Editing - Proof Reading
Speech Error
commonly referred to as a slip of the tongue or misspeaking, is a
deviation (conscious or unconscious) from the apparently intended form of
an utterance. They can be subdivided into spontaneously and inadvertently
produced speech errors and intentionally produced
word-plays or puns. Another
distinction can be drawn between production and comprehension errors.
Errors in speech production and
perception are also called performance errors.
Typoglycemia are cognitive processes
behind reading written text. The word appears to be a portmanteau of
"typo", as in typographical error, and "hypoglycemia". It is an urban
legend/Internet meme that appears to have an element of truth to it. The
legend, propagated by email and message boards, purportedly demonstrates
that readers can understand the meaning of words in a sentence even when
the interior letters of each word are scrambled. As long as all the
necessary letters are present, and the first and last letters remain the
same, readers appear to have little trouble reading the text.
Copy Editing
is the process of taking raw material (the "copy": anything from a novel
to a web page) and improving the formatting, style, and accuracy of the
text. The goal of copy editing is to ensure that content is accurate, easy
to follow, fit for its purpose, and free of error, omission,
inconsistency, and repetition. In the context of publication in print,
copy editing is done before typesetting and again before proofreading, the
final step in the editorial cycle.
Editing is the process of selecting
and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey
information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation,
organization, and many other modifications performed with an intention of
producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete work.
Proofreading
is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to
detect and correct production errors of text or art. Proofreaders are
expected to be consistently accurate by default because they occupy the
last stage of typographic production before publication.
Galley Proof are the preliminary versions of publications meant for
review by authors, editors, and proofreaders, often with extra-wide
margins. Galley proofs may be uncut and unbound, or in some cases
electronically published. They are created for proofreading and
copyediting purposes, but may be used for promotional and review purposes
also.
Fact
Checking is the act of
checking factual
assertions in non-fictional text in order to determine the veracity
and correctness of the factual statements in the text. This may be done
either before (ante hoc) or after (post hoc) the text has been published
or otherwise disseminated.
Plagiarism
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