My recent article here on Poynter Online, “The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism,” generated a lot of e-mail back to me — comments, feedback, and tips about projects and trends I didn’t mention.

Citizen journalism is often seen as more democratic form of journalism, where the public contributes to the reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. A sociologist and criminologist has ...

Dr. Phil’s anti-woke Merit Street Media only collapsed two weeks ago. Now, the TV doctor has unveiled Envoy Media, a “citizen ...

Barry Parr's newsroom is his home office in Montara. Working part time, he writes up to 10 articles a week for no pay. Time to quit journalism? Parr doesn't think so. He's intensely excited by his ...

In the many academic discussions about “citizen journalism,” few consider how it relates to public relations for nonprofits. On Apr. 28, Elizabeth Toledo wrote in PR Week about how citizen ...

On Thursday, the non-profit investigative journalism outfit ProPublica named Amanda Michel its first “editor of distributed reporting.” Her title alone suggests the future of news gathering, and so ...

Citizen journalism is often described as a way of policing the content of bona fide news organizations for errors and fairness or community members writing news of their own. Though not without ...

Frédéric Filloux, a former newspaper editor turned VC, has written a good criticism of the "citizen journalist" concept, that non-professional journalists can replace their professional ...

Spot.us is an interesting concept, and it’s different from other citizen journalism platforms in that, well, strictly speaking it’s not really a citizen journalism website.

It may be inside a protest rally, or in front of a deadly shooting. Smartphones, video and social media are empowering citizens to tell their stories like ...

International bloggers talked about citizen journalism as an effective tool for change during political conflicts. They talked about the advantages and disadvantages of using social media,… ...

Thousands of traditional journalists who lost their jobs in recent years have begun reappearing with online news operations, many of which also use citizen journalists. The two sometimes mix about ...