Launch of Sri Lanka’s first tri-lingual citizen journalism website
Called citizen journalism elsewhere, this is the first attempt in Sri Lanka to create a means through which concerned citizens can regularly and safely write their own brief accounts of life in a violent country
Yahoo's Stab at Community Journalism
Despite the lack of traction, Yahoo and Reuters have jumped into the citizen journalism market with a service called YouWitnessNews that will user-generated content on Yahoo's news site while Reuters will distribute the content to
Doha, Qatar gets a facelift for the 15th Asian Games
December 1st will be the historic moment for Gulf nation Qatar and its citizen. The world will be witnessing the opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games on Friday at Khalifa stadium, Doha. It is the day waited by whole Doha to come.
“Alive in Mexico” covers unrest that mainstream gets wrong
There are inherent dangers in conflict journalism, and these two programs often go where mainstream media won’t, for good or ill. But the dedication, sincerity and passion people bring to citizen journalism is desperately needed,
Citizen Journalism from Yahoo & Reuters
The Yahoo/Reuters project is among the most ambitious efforts in what has become known as citizen journalism, says the NY Times. CNN introduced its I-Reports section for user-submitted material on its site in August.
'Prompt and effective' UN response needed in Nepal, envoy stresses
The Security Council should act promptly and authorize an advanced United Nations team to go to Nepal and assist with the nascent peace process and preparations for next year's elections, following the deal ending 10-years of civil war
Citizen journalism: Square peg, round hole
Howard Owens points to a Media Life story quoting UNC J-prof Frank Fee, raising questions about "citizen journalism:". “It goes back to the days of country correspondents or stringers. They are limited in what they can do,
Civic Journalism vs Citizen Journalism
Citizen journalism, also known as “participatory journalism,” is the act of citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information” according to the seminal report We
Citizen journalist, citizen vigilante?
I live in a country with a long and horrifying and all-too-recent history of lynching. This viral photo manhunt in London scares me down to the marrow of my bones. Technorati tags: blogs | blogging | citizen journalism | mobile
Nepal - Tackling Insurgents: The road ahead
The American, Indian, and Europeans' fear of the communist ghost is ridius. The outcry that Maoists would take over the government is evident of sheer ignorance of ground realities of Nepali soil. read more

Yahoo, Reuters team in citizen journalism Orange County Register
Yahoo Inc. , in partnership with Reuters , is inviting the public to contribute eyewitness photos and videos of news events in the latest move to turn spectators into on-the-spot journalists.
Neighborhood America Delivers Enterprise Social Networking Capability to Businesses, Media and Government Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NAPLES, Fla.----In a year marked by a dramatic surge in citizen journalism, social networking and consumer/brand participation, Neighborhood America announced that its 'Software as a Service' solution enabled governments, media and enterprises to engage more than 3 million individuals about the issues most important to them.
Yahoo and Reuters reach out for public's images International Herald Tribune
In an ambitious push to foster citizen journalism, Web sites will post photos and video of news events.
Scoopt after Flickr photos dotjournalism
Scoopt, the citizen journalism picture agency, is trying to woo Flickr users to sell their pictures. Scoopt has written an open letter to Flickr members encouraging them to register with the agency and to tag their pictures with the company's name in Flickr to allow it to sell images to newspapers and magazines on their behalf.
Reuters, Yahoo launch 'You Witness News' CyberJournalist.net
In one of the largest efforts to tap users for "citizen journalism" by mainstream organizations, Yahoo and Reuters have partnered and launched a new effort to showcase photos and video
Reuters and Yahoo! Enlist Camera Phones Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "In a huge advancement of citizen journalism, Reuters and Yahoo! are asking average people to be journalists with their cell phones. I hope participants don't run the risks others have for photographing the police. You can expect to see these new photos being used at Yahoo! and Reuters.com starting tomorrow." From the article: "'People don't say, "I want to see user-generated
Reuters and Yahoo! launch DIY reporting Silicon.com
Citizen journalism ahoy
TT racer honoured after pressure from Citizen news team holdthefrontpage.co.uk
The Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen raced towards a remarkable win when the local council backed a newspaper campaign to get TT ace John McGuinness honoured.
Editor's Notes San Francisco Bay Guardian
The death of David Ayoob didn't get a lot of headlines. He wasn't famous in that way; he never ran for office or made speeches. But everyone on Cortland Avenue knew him, and when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 53, Bernal Heights — and the city — lost a great citizen.
With cellphone video, little brother is always watching USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News
Comedian Michael Richards (Kramer of TV's Seinfeld) launches into a racist rant at a West Los Angeles comedy club. A police officer repeatedly uses a taser gun on a student in the UCLA library. A high school teacher calls a student a homophobic name. Another yells at a student for not standing during the national anthem.citizen+journalism: , , citizen+journalism