Scotland's Olympic torch relay: how citizen journalists have charted the...
David McGillivary, project lead of Citizen Relay, recounts the achievements of citizen journalists using the olympic torch as a starting point for interviews about Scottish identity Get the dataMore...
View ArticleHow to set up a community radio station
The Journalism Foundation and Lincoln university are jointly launching a course to teach people how to set up and run a community radio station.The workshops are being offered for free to 15 people...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: the impact of commercialisation on the games
Jennifer Jones and her team will be investigating the impact of the spaces designed for people to watch the 2012 Olympics. One thing that will be explored is the effect of commercials and ads in these...
View ArticleBlogging enriched the Orwell prize, but times have changed | Jean Seaton
Though blogging at its best can provide an insightful view from the outside, it has now been subsumed into the mainstreamFive years ago there was an exciting new kid on the writing bock: "blogging". An...
View ArticleSyria: film-making and weapons don't mix | Sakhr al-Makhadhi
As the risks keep larger news groups away, is the blurring of the line between activism and journalism putting all reporters in danger?More journalists have died in the line of duty this year than at...
View ArticleNews as games: immoral or the future of interactive journalism?
Apple's decision to reject an iPhone game exploring the conflict in Syria reflects wider unease about playing with newsPicture this. One morning, you visit the Guardian home page to find a headline...
View ArticleIntroducing GuardianWitness, our new platform for content you've created
GuardianWitness is a new way to collaborate with Guardian journalists by telling us your side of a story - online and on Android and iPhoneThe digital communication revolution has expanded the...
View ArticleAfter Leveson - is citizen journalism the answer?
The post-Leveson debate has taken many a twist and turn, and there is no sign yet of a resolution of the struggle to decide how the press will be regulated in future.As has been pointed out often, Lord...
View ArticleGlobal protest grows as citizens lose faith in politics and the state
The myriad protests from Istanbul to São Paulo have one thing in common - growing dissent among the young, educated and better-off protesting against the very system that once enriched them. And...
View ArticleShield law must cover what journalists do, not who they are
The US Senate is pondering who is a 'real reporter' because some of them don't like the taste of activism or real passion in journalism, never mind the knotty issue of whistleblowersThe questions seem...
View ArticleBrazil's ninja reporters spread stories from the streets
Band of volunteer citizen journalists are setting the news agenda with their 'no-cuts, no censorship' approachCamped out on the concrete in Rio de Janeiro's swanky Leblon district, the Mídia Ninja have...
View Article'Local people know their countries, and are best-placed to tell their own...
David Hoffman, co-founder of Internews, talks about media's role in development and the merits and challenges of supporting independent journalism in developing countriesYou have dedicated most of your...
View ArticleKenya at 50: how social media has increased the pace of change
From #OccupyParliament to the Westgate attack, Mark Kaigwa considers the consequences of the rapidly changing social media landscape in KenyaKenya is currently celebrating 50 years of independence....
View ArticleCouncil to reserve seats for citizen journalists
Here's a welcome development... even if you're cynical enough to see it only as a clever public relations initiative. Medway council in Kent is to set aside a row of seats at its main meetings to...
View ArticlePocklington Post makes a virtue of parish pump stories written by readers
Pocklington - nicknamed Pock - is a small market town in the Yorkshire Wolds, about 13 miles (or 21 kms) from the city of York.Its population of 8,337 is served by a weekly newspaper, the Pocklington...
View ArticleChina arrests citizen journalists for reporting Tiananmen 'self-immolation'
Founder of human rights website and three others are held after reporting incidents including apparent self-immolation in BeijingChinese authorities have detained the director of a human rights website...
View ArticleIn praise of Brown Moses | Editorial
Blogger Eliot Higgins charts the unreported news from parts of Syria where no journalist would sensibly visit"Wisdom reekin' outa me ..." sings Frank Zappa in his song Brown Moses. That may be why...
View Article'Impressive' hyperlocal news sites are campaigning and investigating
Survey finds much to appreciate in community journalismA new survey of hyperlocal online news sites reveals that many of them have been responsible for investigative and campaigning journalism.*Of the...
View ArticleDemolition job: why we love to watch huge buildings fall down
The controlled demolition of Didcot power stations vast cooling towers makes for extremely compelling viewing and YouTube is full of similar clips. Why are we so drawn to this spectacle?Watch the...
View ArticleFergusons citizen journalists revealed the value of an undeniable video | Dan...
Until the police stops treating communities as war zones and people as enemy combatants, keep your phone handyIn Ferguson, Missouri this week, the public has turned the notion of see something, say...
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