Citizen Journalists

HuffPost Citizen Journalists At The Conventions: We Are The History We Have Been Waiting For

Howard Fineman | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Dnc 2012, 2012 Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention, Citizen Journalism, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Off the Bus, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Rnc 2012, Election 2012, Republican National Convention, Offthebus, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

In spite of the ever-deepening flood of candidate advertising, politics (and journalism) today are do-it-yourself, web-based and socially-connected enterprises. Which is where you come in.

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The 11 Most Overrated Things about 2011

Mark Juddery | Posted 02.04.2012

Having listed the most overrated things about 2010 and the entire previous decade, it's now time to look back on the vintage year of 2011 - a year whe...

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Anyone Can Cover the Caucuses

Howard Fineman | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Off the Bus, Citizen Journalism, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Citizen Journalists, HuffPost's Off the Bus, Media News

Now that the GOP presidential race is starting in earnest here is some advice for Iowans, and anyone else in other states, who might want to volunteer for do-it-yourself journalism as part of the Huffington Post's Off the Bus 2012 project.

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Time to Get Your Clark Kent On?

John Shore | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Citizen Journalists, Newspaper Industry, Print Media, Citizen Journalism Politics, Political Blogging, Local News, Newspaper Death, Death of Print Media, Citizen Journalism, Decline of Print Media, Print Media Decline, Blogging, Local Newspaper, Media News

In some very real ways, citizen journalists are the only journalists left. Nobody cares about local politics like local citizens. Nobody can. The adage is true for a reason; all politics is local.

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Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.19.2011

The newsroom concept is an idea that has been catching on in countless communities where hyperlocal news is now king.

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No, Not a Superinjunction But a Big Competition

Deborah Hobson | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Photography, Citizen Journalism Educational Trust, Street Photography, Charity, Citizen Journalists, Impact News

New charity the Citizen Journalism Educational Trust (CJET) has launched with its Big Picture street photography competition.

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs Press Secretary, Citizen Journalism, Community, Obama Community Organizer, Obama Netroots, Indie Films, Citizen Journalism Politics, Netroots Media, Short Films, Netroots Nation, Netroots, White House Press Secretary, Community Organizing, Robert Gibbs, Indie Journalism, Netroots Nation 2010, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

If Robert Gibbs had walked around Las Vegas last week talking to the professional left, he would have learned what I did: that progressives, liberals, and Democrats are as diverse as the day is long.

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Write For The NYC Beat: The Huffington Post Citizen Journalism Music Blog

Rebecca Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizen Journalism, Nycbeat, Free Concerts, Citizen Journalists, Blogging, New York News

Are you in the New York City area this summer? Are you interested in music journalism? Do you want to go to free concerts? In an effort to grow ...

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Will Exxon and Goldman choose our next president?

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Goldman Sachs, Elections, Campaign Finance Reform, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Exxon Mobil, Campaign Finance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, Citizen Journalists, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Supreme Court didn't just open the floodgates yesterday, it breached the dam that has held back untold sums of special interest cash for the bette...

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Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to Dry: Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Lgbt, Citizen Journalists, Shield Laws, Media News

The real issue with the language of the proposed New York shield law is less the law per se than placing a definition of a journalist on the books.

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Part Exposé, Part Cover-Up: 1968's My Lai Massacre Photos Have Big Lessons For Citizen Journalists

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Citizen journalists must not give in to the urge to un-take a photo, to click delete and banish the evidence for the parts of a story that shame them, their cause, their friends, their country, their species.

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Losing the News: A Great Book

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Politics, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Democracy, Media, News, Blogging, Journalism, Citizen Journalists, Broadcast TV, Alex Jones, Business News

Alex Jones writes that the implosion of the business model for traditional media is creating a vacuum in the type of news gathering, analysis or revelatory investigation which is in the public interest.

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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Africom, Rape, Andrea Mitchell, Goma, War, Foreign Service, Global Research, Internally Displaced Persons, Georgianne Nienaber, Media, Ngo, Media Distortions, Msnbc, Chidren, Mugunga I, Think Tanks, Embedded Journalists, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Hillary Clinton, Office of Inspector General, State Department, Usaid, Citizen Journalists, Af, Oig, Obama, Community Organizing, Lord's Resistance Army, Laurent Nkunda, Joseph Kony, World News

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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Letter From Paris: Calling A Dick A Dick

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Lies, Expatriates, David Gregory, Dick Cheney Torture, Expats, Republicans, Media, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Citizen Journalists, Dick Cheney, Torture, World News

With yet another round of Dick Cheney disinformation saturating the airwaves, it boggles the mind how the Bush administration controlled the American conversation in the media for so many years.

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TELL US: Are You Or A Loved One Facing Home Foreclosure?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure, House Foreclosure, You Report, Offthebus, Home Foreclosures, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

America's housing crisis has rocked the economy and continues to worsen, with tens of thousands of people facing foreclosure each week. The dialogue i...

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Every Tea Party Had Its Own Brew, Reports HuffPosers

HuffPost Citizen Journalists | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Tax Tea Party, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Citizen Journalists, Ee, Politics News

Over 2,500 HuffPost citizen journalists have helped provide comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos...

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Teabaggers Stray Off Topic, HuffPosters Report

HuffPost Citizen Journalists | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Anti-Tax Tea Party, Teabaggers, Tea Party Signs, Tea Party Attendance, Tea Parties 2009, Eyea and Ears, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Ee, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

Over 2,500 HuffPost citizen journalists have helped provide comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos...

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Do User-Generated Review Sites Sites do More Harm Than Good?

Pauline Millard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Review Sites, Housing, User-Generated Content, Yelp, Free Speech, Apartments, First Amendment, Real Estate, New York City, Landlords, Rentals, Citizen Journalism, New York City Apartments, Technology, Citizen Journalists, Media News

I would worry about what these sites said about me and how they were monitored. Users post anonymously, and there are no checks and balances to investigate if any of the claims are valid.

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A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism

Walter Isaacson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Internet, Newspapers, Bloggers, Amazon Kindle, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Amazon, Old Media, Television, Kindle, Old Media Death Watch, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Technology, World Wide Web, Myspace, Blogging, Amazon.com Kindle, Magazines, Citizen Journalists, Steve Jobs, Napster, Paypal, Old Media vs. New Media, Jeff Bezos, Citizen Journalism, Aspen Institute, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Itunes, New York Times, Videos, Media News

I hope that 2009 will be the year when creators of valuable content start charging and readers begin paying for the journalism they want.

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How the Huffington Post Helped Save a Life

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 05.25.2011

In March 2008, I asked readers of HuffPost to reach out to reporters and bloggers to help tell the story of Turk Sabri Bogday, who at the time faced unjust execution in Saudi Arabia.

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Why Old Media Can't Deny New Media

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janis Krums, Television, Newspapers, Twitter, Online Media, US Airways Crash, New Media, Aviation, Media News, Journalism, The Internet, US Airways Hudson River, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways Crash Photos, Plane Crash Hudson River, Hudson River, Plane Crash in Hudson River, Old Media, Iphone, Internet, New Jersey, Old Media Death Watch, Hudson River Plane Crash, Technology, Hudson River Crash, Citizen Journalists, Old Media vs. New Media, US Airways, Citizen Journalism, Tweets, Plane in Hudson River, Portland Oregon, Media News

Twitter is a subset of new media. Your evening news and morning papers aren't quite there, lacking internet technologies, commenting, and synchronous interactivity.

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Tower of Babel?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Newspapers, Boston Globe, Citizen Journalism, Newspaper, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Citizen Journalists, Media News

We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers.

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Bail Out Investigative Journalists

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Bailout, Blogosphere, Newspapers, Internet News, Government Bailout, Bailout, Media News, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Citizen Journalists, Media News

Investigative journalism is at risk. And investigative reporting is not something that can be outsourced or depend upon other countries' workers to do properly.

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Journal Your Campaign Volunteer Experiences for HuffPost's OffTheBus

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McCain Volunteers, Citizen Reporters, Citizen Journalists, Ground Game, McCain Citizen Reporters, Election 2008, Obama Volunteers, Obama Phonebanks, McCain Phonebanks, Obama Citizen Reporters, Home News

At HuffPost's OffTheBus, our specialty is covering the presidential campaign in new and exciting ways by having people on the ground write about their...

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Become A Citizen Reporter on the Obama Campaign

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Platform Meetings, Citizen Journalists Obama, Obama Campaign Reporting, Citizen Journalists, Democratic Party Platform, Obama Community Platform Meeting, DNC Platform, Home News

The Obama campaign is holding public Democratic Party platform meetings across the country over the next two weeks. Attend your local meeting and send us a report on the effectiveness of the campaign.

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