Don't miss BlogHer Lisa Williams' new piece on PressThink, "If I Didn't Build it, They Wouldn't Come: Citizen Journalism is Discovered (Alive) in Watertown, MA." It's a fantastic insider's guide and syllabus on grassroots journalism. My only beef? As a visitor to Lisa's site, H20town--okay, one of her sites-- I'm not at all sure we need to put the term "citizen" before "journalism," except perhaps to distinguish it from what many daily newspapers have become. Lisa's "five basic newsgathering avenues" are (or should be) the currency of a local reporter's daily life.
IConfession: This is a favorite topic of mine, since I spend many many hours every year evangelizing work and mindsets like Lisa's in mainstream media newsrooms. Do you have a post or article on this topic you'd recommend? Thanks for adding the link below - I'd love to read it and pass it on.
Tish G has written alot on the subject. (Sorry, I'm on a deadline so can't look it up right now...)
Posted by: Sour Duck | November 15, 2005 at 11:01 AM