Dan Gillmor's We the Media is a leading statement on the transformation of journalism from "their media" to "we media." This isn't a course in journalism, but it is about communication and our new enfranchisement as producers and publishers.
Re
quired reading:
Dan Gillmor: We the Media [Chapter 1 & Chapter 12]
Chris Willis & Shayne Bowman: Nieman Reports: The Future Is Here, But Do News Media Companies See It? [Link to PDF of the full journal edition in which you will find the article.]
Additional Resource:
Links to other chapters of We the Media.
Chris Willis & Shayne Bowman: We Media [Important, extended version of their thinking.]
Epic online.
Want to familiarize yourself with emerging "citizens journalism"?:
Backfence
Bayosphere
Bluffington Today
Columbia Record
Lawrence Journal-World - Lawrence, KS
MPR: Public Insight Journalism
News-Record.com - Greensboro, North Carolina: Opinion - Blogs
OhmyNews International
Wikinews
YourHub - Denver/Boulder Area
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