CBS News veteran Morley Safer says he trusts citizen journalism as much as he would trust citizen surgery.

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The nomination of an African-American for president by a major party, and the Republicans' first selection of a female candidate for vice-president, were not the only historic aspects of the 2008 election campaign in the United States.

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David Cohn, winner of a two-year grant in the Knight Foundation News Challenge, officially launches his non-profit, open-source project Spot.us Monday offering a new business model for media: community-funded journalism.

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A US-based Nigerian news blogger is being held without charge by Nigeria's secret service. Jonathan Elendu was taken into custody on Saturday when he arrived in the capital, Abuja, on a family visit.

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There have been a lot of complaints about erroneous items placed on the web. Most of them have been complaints about 'amateurs' writing articles based on error. Unfortunately for them and their arguments, none of the biggest were by the citizen journalists they blame.

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I thought some of our Newsvine columnists who are interested in politics might enjoy this contest. (My apologies if this is inappropriate for Newsvine. Feel free to delete it.)

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The Society of Professional Journalists is sponsoring clinics for citizen journailsts.

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In the Chinese city of Yanji, just a few kilometres from the North Korean border, one of the most risky journalistic endeavours ever undertaken is taking shape. A North Korean citizen is being trained in the techniques of using a hidden camera.

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Over at WiredJournalist I started a group "social bookmarking for journalists," because I've noticed that social news sites (a growing corner of social media) have an alarming absence of journalists despite the utility they provide.

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A fantastic read from the Knight Citizen News Network. The 10 rules to blog by:

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The rise of the Citizen Journalist

With the Nevada caucus and super duper Tuesday barreling down on us, I find it odd that the mass media are asking different question sets to the Democrat and Republican candidates.

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Iowa farmer Jerry Depew is fed up with criticism from outsiders aimed at his state's caucuses, and so Thursday evening, he's arming his 16-year-old son Justin with a video camera to record his precinct's deliberations for the YouTube set.

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During the first two days of the military crackdown in Burma this September, horror stories leaked out of the country via Internet and cell phone: the junta firing into crowds, monks bloodied by beatings, activists burned alive. But on the third day, silence.

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Turning to journalist - pictures more important than helping people

I was riding by bike home today, when I noticed an accident of several cars at the road. The ambulance had not arrived yet and soon I noticed myself taking pictures and videos at the scene instead of helping anyone.

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simply a web-page that is just for citizen journalists and what they are finding in the world. A way to show us what others maybe couldnt have.

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This is essential reading for anyone interested in journalism. There is also an mp3 download of the lecture on this link.

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Now these are interesting events are they not? In a way the present situation is so volitile that deserves to be discussed. Looking forward to your comments on this seed.

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Sky News is planning to recruit "several hundred" citizen journalists to provide coverage of the next general election. The rolling news channel hopes to expand its citizen journalism output with the help of City University.

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In light of some of the recent discussions had on Newsvine about press passes and people being serious citizen journalists Deep Jive Interests points out an article in the Wall Street Journal that shows bloggers fail to up their journalistic efforts when big money comes along.

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The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.

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Want to Investigate a Member of Congress?

This will not be everyone's cup of tea, but for many who track the transgressions of Congress and feel like we're complaining to one another in an echo chamber, here's a chance to work as a team.

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Pure Activism Raw Appeal

The Internet has given us new ways to understand the world. We have a power to crate change, that never existed before. The yearly TIME award for the most influential person went to you and while many of us considered it a partial cop out, in many ways it's true.

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The man who took mobile phone footage of Saddam Hussein's execution has been arrested, an adviser to Iraq's Prime Minister has said. An aide to Nouri al Maliki said: "He was an official who supervised the execution and now he is under investigation."

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The year's end brought the most macabre example yet of citizen journalism - the cellphone footage of Saddam Hussein's final drop.

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