With today's technology, and traditional media's new-found appetite for greater interaction with its readers, viewers and listeners, there's never been a better time to start contributing. Here's your step-by-step guide to the ins and outs of citizen reporting.

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The 155-year-old Reuters wire service has been reinventing itself for the modern age of decentralized journalism, where millions of people have the tools to capture the news around them.

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Why the keen interest from outside the US in this costly gadget most of the world won't have access to for quite some time? Bloggers from around the world weigh in on Apple's iPhone.

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The Cicarelli case from the point of view of Brazilian bloggers.

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From the article: NEW DELHI -- Exciting things happen when dedicated bloggers from around the world meet for the first time. For Briton Rachel Rawlins, being introduced to Tunisian exile Sami Ben Gharbia was the chance to meet a personal hero.

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Hoping to turn the millions of people with digital cameras and camera phones into photojournalists, Yahoo and Reuters are introducing a new effort to showcase photographs and video of news events submitted by the public.

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"Why are collaborative news, commenting and blogging sites such as Newsvine, Slashdot and Global Voices attracting users and visitors? Who are these folks? What do they want from their interactions?"

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"Hao turned 34 this week. He personifies a generation of urban Chinese who have flourished thanks to the Communist Party's embrace of market-style capitalism and greater cultural openness.

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-- Citizen journalism is not really journalism, said panelists Tuesday at a conference about social applications of technology.

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Snip: Reporters Without Borders today said it considered Chinese blogger Hao Wu to be the victim of state abduction as more than two months have gone by since his arrest without his family getting any news about him. His lawyer has not been allowed to see him, but has been told

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On March 22nd it will be one month since filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor Hao Wu was detained without charge.

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As Pakistan gets ready for U.S. President Bush's visit amid mounting protest, South Asia Editor Neha Viswanathan reports that blogspot.com based blogs have been blocked by most Pakistani ISP's.

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International Bloggers Community reports blackout: All weblogs on blogspot.com are not accessible from Pakistan to coincide with US President George Bush visit to the region, according to reports earlier today.

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From the Arabic-Speaking Blogosphere - Haitham Sabbah does globaphiles an enormous favor by translating choice excerpts from the Arabic blogosphere.

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The debate over internet censorship in China continues after last week's U.S. congressional hearing, but Tian Yi says that most Chinese bloggers are keeping quiet about the issue.

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Zim Pundit sums up what has been an active week in the South-Central Great Lakes region of Africa including a Valentine's Day protest march by Women of Zimbabwe Arise and an explanation of "the Nescafe Model of Development" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Mahmood Al-Yousif's comprehensive summary of Bahraini blogs has something for absolutely everyone.

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Omer Alvie recaps Pakistan's English-language bloggers in typically satirical form, finding that most are still writing about the protests sparked by the Danish cartoons.

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Kenyan poet, Nish Matenjwa takes a look at Africa's women bloggers and finds concerns about Uganda's state of democracy, Nigerian "geles," and much more.

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Farid Pouya's latest report from the Afghani blogosphere finds a call for greater dialogue and acceptance as the global village continues to shrink.

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So you're a citizen journalist? Prove it!

How I practice citizen journalism on Newsvine.

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Seeding: Case example, Global Voices Online

Global Voices Online, co-founded by Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman, grew out of an international bloggers' meeting held at Harvard in December 2004.At a time when the international English-language media ignores many things that are important to large numbers of the world

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Read, seed, and write

Read, seed, and write. That's the briefest description of how I use Newsvine. Here's what that means for me:

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Reading for Seeds: Google Alerts

I use Google Alerts for heads up on news of my priority focus subject matter. I can then seed as appropriate.

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Subject Matter: priority focus

One of my goals, using Newsvine, is to inform people on subject matter important to me. When reading, seeding, and writing my priority focus is:

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