Webinar - Citizen Journalism
A number of community media centers are participating in exciting new collaborations with local organizations, neighborhood activists, schools, and media outlets to create online, hyperlocal, citizen-journalism sites. Join the Alliance for Community Media and four guest panelists for a 90-minute webinar on Citizen Journalism.
Learn how citizen-journalism projects have been set up by Cambridge Community TV and Grand Rapids Community Media Center. Get an overview of 56 different projects nationwide that have been funded by J-Lab, The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Hear an editor’s point of view when it comes to generating credible and competent content from local residents in the Twin Cities. Pose questions to our four distinguished panelists to understand the rewards and challenges of these innovative projects that are using digital technologies to generate civic awareness and participation even as traditional journalism institutions are facing their greatest challenges to sustainability.
Date: March 2, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 EST
March 2nd, 2010 1:00 PM
through
2:30 PM
