An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists.

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This event will be covered live by NOWCastSA.

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With the Iranian authorities cracking down on the international press, the West is reliant on the Internet to find out what is happening on the ground. Hard as it might try, it will be difficult for the regime to easily stop the flow of information online.

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We are very proud and flattered to announce that Sweetness & Light has been awarded CPAC's 'Blogger Of The Year Award' for 2009. It is quite generous of CPAC to pay tribute through us to the websites, both great and small, who soldier on in the conservative cause.

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Blogs — an ugly word, but now unavoidable — were born with the internet. As soon as people started to use the technology that would link computers, they started leaving messages. In the 1980s, these were "pinned" on virtual "bulletin boards".

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From his terrace on Colaba Causeway in south Mumbai, Arun Shanbhag saw the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel burn. He saw ambulances leave the Nariman House. And he recorded every move on the Internet.

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Cameras, camcorders, cell phones, computer, notebooks – even clothes and a sleeping bag – were confiscated by Minneapolis police in the name of Homeland Security Monday night, according to a trio of young artist-journalists in town to report on the RNC.

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There are now more than 400 convention parties at the conventions being thrown on by corporate interests such as Citi, Eli Lilly and AT&T, as well as powerhouse lobbying firms such as Patton Boggs. And starting next week, we'll be providing you coverage of this other half of  …

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When the sun finally shines, it's hard to get too worked up about bloggers' tiff of the day. But last week's blowup over The Associated Press' clamping down on reuse of its content is worth a second look.

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Since CNN embraced the citizen journalist movement in August 2006 with the launch of its iReport initiative, the news organization has received nearly 100,000 news-related photos and videos from viewers.

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Article about Newsvine from Business Week - October 9, 2007

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Warfighters and Laptops - Modern Dispatches from the Front

Edit: Title changed - Sat.08 Dec. 13:55

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Anyone can access the web and diseminate information today. These acts of citizen journalism can be rewarded by commission from internet advertisers or receive job offers, but for the most part this information is published with out pay.

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The class has changed my view of my role as a journalist, of journalism's role in a democracy, and of the promises and pitfalls of the many forms of citizen journalism that are a part of the news media today.

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Specialise or Generalise - After Less than one month on the Vine - The answer is Simple.

Looking around on Newsvine I see that some contributors do actually specialise - to an extent. When I joined (Just a few weeks ago) I was sure that I wanted to concentrate on all things European, indeed, my tag line read 'Bringing Europe to your desktop'.

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On the cusp of a presidential election, and the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, there's a move in Minnesota to train an army of citizen journalists.

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As Myanmar's regime cracks down on a growing protest movement, "citizen journalists" are breaking the news to the world.

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Newspaper reporters in Nigeria frequently demand payments just to turn up to press conferences. The rot in the business runs so deep it's almost impossible to tell what is fact, as a new generation of web-based "citizen journalists" is revealing.

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It s not the first time that citizen "investigative journalists" have uncovered some embarrassing or telling nugget from the past that apparently remained buried for years.

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I saw similar headlines during the bombings in London.

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Andrew Keen says the internet is populated by second-rate amateurs - and that it is swiftly destroying our culture. Tim Dowling meets the man cyberspace loves to hate

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Citizen reporters passionately committed to social change

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This is a three minute video that captures a bit of the humor and resourcefulness of some who want to spread the message that MSM ignores.

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Citizen journalism that exploded in Korea with Ohmynews has failed to make the same impact in Japan, due to a number of reasons listed in this report. It seems that you need a media that is largely not trusted for citizen journalism to thrive.

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This is part of the family of resources that include Sourcewatch and PRWatch. They have many ongoing projects where individuals can participate in specific efforts and doing something is often what many who write about the problems would like to do. Here's a perfect example.

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