Resources

» BBC Training & Development: Good Shooting Guide
   The BBC shares its training materials through this online course detailing the basic principles on shooting news video.

   
   http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=5914&cat=3

» Center for Citizen Media
   Founded by Dan Gillmor, the nonprofit center aims at helping to enable grassroots media at every level. Lists current projects.

   
   http://www.citmedia.org/

» CitizenSide
   Press agency for citizen reporters to sell photographs and videos worldwide. Also offers buyers guide for digital cameras and camcorders. Partly owned by Agence France presse. [In English and French].

   
   http://www.citizenside.com/index.aspx

» Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers
   Nonprofit group working to protect digital rights. Offers information about legal issues related to intellectual property (copyrights), privacy, access to public records, defamation (libel), election and labor law, and obscenity issues.

   
   http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/

» Flickr: CNNExchange
   Share photos of breaking news. Best are selected to be highlighted at CNN.com in its "I-Reports" section.

   
   http://www.flickr.com/groups/cnnexchange/

» Flickr: Photojournalism 2.0
   Group sharing and discussing citizen and collaborative photojournalism assignments.

   
   http://www.flickr.com/groups/photojournalism/

» Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents
   Published by "Reporters Without Borders" and offering advice on how to start a weblog. Covers ethical guidelines, recommends tools, and provides technical ways on how to get around censorship. [PDF].

   
   http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

» I, Reporter
   Weblog devoted to citizen journalism, run by freelance writer/editors Amy Gahran and Adam Glenn. Offers tips and examples.

   
   http://www.ireporter.org/

» I-Report Toolkit: Trade Secrets
   Tips on how to take great photos, videos, and audio when reporting. Also available as PDF.

   
   http://edition.cnn.com/exchange/ireports/toolkit/tips.html

» J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
   Active organization promoting the development, study and training of participatory journalists.

   
   http://www.j-lab.org/

» NewAssignment.net
   Edited by David Cohn, this an experiment in open-source reporting tracks developments in interactive journalism.

   
   http://newassignment.net/

» Online Journalism Review
   Covers issues about online news worldwide. Resource for news industry leaders, publishers, editors, bloggers, educators and anyone watching trends in news-gathering.

   
   http://www.ojr.org/

» Our Media: Personal Media Learning Center
   Provides "how-to" guides for videoblogs, podcasts, and filing multi-media news stories. Also offers a repository of audio, video and photo content, and an open media directory.

   
   http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center

» Scoopt
   Media agency helping citizen journalists sell newsworthy photographs and videos to the press. Tips, pick of the day, FAQs, and weblog.

   
   http://www.scoopt.com/

» SourceWatch
   Collaborative directory of people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. Catalogs PR firms, activist groups and government agencies, along with the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives.

   
   http://www.sourcewatch.org/

» The Largemouth Citizen Journalism Manual
   Documents five steps to becoming a citizen journalist. Compiled by a group of professional journalists who volunteer time to teach anyone the skills to produce accurate, compelling news reports.

   
   http://www.mcgillreport.org/largemouth.htm

» The Pew Center For Civic Journalism
   An incubator to help stimulate citizen involvement in community issues. Guidelines for funding, lists projects, research, plus entry details for the Batten Award for Civic Journalism.

   
   http://www.pewcenter.org/

» Tribal Shout
   Mobile audio blogging and podcasting platform. Provides on-demand access to podcasts and audio blogs.

   
   http://www.tribalshout.com/

» Watchdogging 101: A How-To Guide for Citizen Oversight
   Tools and questions supporting citizen journalism. Enables citizens to learn more about what the U.S. Congress and their elected representatives do.

   
   http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/watchdogging101

» Wikinews: Original reporting
   Offers guidelines for reporters. Covers sourcing, disclosure of potential conflicts, and preparing for interviews.

   
   http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Original_reporting