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about cij The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) advances education for, and public understanding of; investigative journalism, critical inquiry, and in-depth reporting and research. CIJ is a registered charity offering high-level training, resources and research to the community, journalists, students, non-governmental organisations and others interested in public integrity and the defence of the public interest. The Centre runs international summer schools, produces publications to help present landmark investigations, offers training in appropriate techniques, organises debates, speakers and screenings on critical issues - all designed to nourish the culture and professional standards of investigative journalism. We are assembling a significant archive of investigative material. It can assist and defend investigations and provide research materials, advice and resources to NGOs, community activists, journalists and researchers. The CIJ offers particular assistance to those working in difficult environments where freedom of speech and of the press is under threat and where reporting can be a dangerous occupation.

What's this site about? Focussing mostly on free sources with a UK bias, this site is aimed at journalists of the student, 'citizen' and professional varieties. In these pages I will outline a few tips, tricks and sources for unearthing the following: * Contributors * Case-studies * Backgrounders/analysis * Statistics * Actuality/archives, and * Any other thing I can think of

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David Simon Blasts Citizen Journalism, Prescribes Non-Profit Newspaper Model We listened to articulate, qualified, high-minded participants in Sen. John Kerry's subcommittee hearing on the bleak future of journalism this week (as his hometown paper, The Boston Globe, struggles to stay afloat). One who impressed most was longtime Baltimore Sun cop reporter David Simon, who parlayed his journalism experience into a thriving career as a top TV drama producer. His venerated shows (including HBO's "The Wire") often investigate thorny journalism issues.

Essential multimedia tutorials and resources for do-it-yourself training Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The funny thing about the new wave of journalism is that news organizations are requiring journalists to learn additional technical skills, but aren't making the necessary training readily available. In order to be or remain employed in this industry its essential to hunker down and learn some new skills. The following tutorial sites will take you from journalist to multimedia journalist, something that looks great on any business card.

Citizen Journalism Publishing Standards digg Share this on Facebook Huffpost - Citizen Journalism Publishing Standards stumble reddit del.ico.us ShareThis RSS | April 14, 2009 at 09:26 PM I Like ItI Don't Like It Read More: Citizen Journalism, Citizen Reports, Eyes And Ears, Publishing Standards, Home News Be the First to Submit This Story to DiggBuzz up! Get Breaking News Alerts never spam * Share * Print * Comments All published pieces must meet certain editorial standards. You can help expedite the publishing process by following a few simple guidelines:

Collaboration the Key to Future of Investigative Journalism Mark Glaser by Mark Glaser, April 5, 2009 Tagged: future, investigative reporting, logan symposium, public media, uc berkeley BERKELEY -- The second day of the Logan Symposium at UC Berkeley is more of a half-day with one panel devoted to the future of investigative journalism and a brunch at the Frontline World offices near campus. Just like last year, I had trouble getting an Internet connection in the journalism school library so had to live-Twitter the panel and put up this blog post later. (You can see the earlier report on yesterday's sessions here.) The panel was lively, and included a lot of optimism for the future of investigative journalism despite the business cratering for newspapers and their investigative journos. The panel was moderated by Lowell Bergman, and included David Fanning of PBS Frontline, Esther Kaplan of the Nation Institute, Bill Keller of the NY Times, Chuck Lewis at American University, Robert Rosenthan of the Center for Investigative Reporting, and Buzz Woolley, chairman of the board and primary funder of Voice of San Diego. The following are my notes from the panel.

Newspaper people on Twitter We list the "top of the twits" for newspaper titles (a-z) and people (a-z). Media UK runs a variety of services on Twitter too - not least, @mediauk - follow us!

Journalists: Where do you add value? Every day, with everything they do, the key question for journalists and news organizations in these tight - that is, more efficient - times must be: Are you adding value? And if you're not, why are you doing whatever you're doing? Sitting in a hotel room, cruising by CNN the other day, I caught a behind-the-scenes segment that wanted to show us just how cool it is to be a reporter dashing from story to story. It did the opposite for me. I was disturbed at the waste.

Journalism 2.0: Don't Throw Out the Baby Written by Bernard Lunn / April 30, 2009 2:35 AM / 19 Comments « Prior Post Next Post » When I was a kid, I wanted to be a journalist. My heroes were people like Woodward and Bernstein and the people reporting from war zones. The profession seemed to be both glamorous and worthwhile. Faced with a real decision as a young adult, I went into the IT industry. Then, later in my career, I started blogging, and then writing for ReadWriteWeb, and now I am COO of this news media business. So that got me thinking about the past, present, and future of journalism. Disclosure: I do not come at this from a long career as a journalist. This is a personal, blog-style view of the journalism profession by somebody who cares about the outcome.

About Media Helping Media PDF Print E-mail Thursday, 19 October 2006 Media Helping Media (MHM) has been set up to provide training resources and a voice for those involved in the media in transition states, post-conflict countries and areas where freedom of expression and media freedom is under threat. Training resources The aim is to bring together a variety of training resources which are available for all to use for the benefit of anyone working in the media in difficult circumstances. All are free-of-charge and can be reproduced, as long as Media Helping Media (or any guest authors) are credited. Contributed articles Some articles will be contributed by registered members of MHM who are active in media freedom and human rights organisations and, as such, these articles may not offer both sides of an issue and may not be balanced. Other articles will be written by journalist or media leaders who claim to be under threat and who make no attempt to offer balance or impartiality in the pieces they submit. MHM doesn't seek to achieve balance on their behalf.

"Here comes everybody except the anorexics, the cutters and the old people": Tara Brabazon on why she thinks Clay Shirky is wrong Posted: 27/04/09 By: Judith Townend email this story | post a comment google Tara Brabazon, professor of media at the University of Brighton, is known for her her educational philosophy, in particular, her strict stipulations on Google and Wikipedia, outlined in part one of this interview. In part two Journalism.co.uk discusses online democracy with the online theorist. "How about you be a citizen? Be a citizen before you be a brand," Brabazon, who is originally from Australia, instructs her students. "We are a lot more than what we buy and sell."

iamnews.com, the open content exchange spot for international publishers and contributors is opening its gates for professional/pro-am journalists - writers, photographers, video journalists.

In his second month as a professor at Arizona State University, Tim McGuire was standing in front of 13 students teaching "The Business of Journalism" when his inner voice interrupted. "You dummy," he recalls thinking, "you are teaching a history course." It was fall 2006, and he was talking about the production of a daily newspaper, but not about the parallel production of a 24-hour-a-day Web site. He was explaining the collapse of the print classified advertising market, but not the striking success of Google search advertisements. Skip to next paragraph Education Life Go to Special Section » The course, new to the curriculum, was in desperate need of a revision already. Mr. McGuire, a 23-year veteran of The Star Tribune in Minneapolis, was in need of a re-­education himself. "I knew what I knew until I realized there was an earthquake underfoot," he says. He immersed himself in Internet business models. He started a blog. The course was renamed "The Business and Future of Journalism." He quickly learned that today's journalism students don't enroll to hear, in Mr. McGuire's words, "old newspaper farts telling them that the business is doomed." "They know the model is broken," he says. "They think, We'll just have to fix it." And so he started this semester by outlining an intimidating theme for the course: "How do we pay for journalism?"