News Posting Resource Items

Our intention for creating MODERN REPORTER is to equip todays contemporary media innovators and hi-tech journalists with the resources, networks and saavy insight that enables the 'average Joe' to engage social issues and topical subjects of concern in an effective manner.

This blog site among other alternative media formats engaged (i-radio, podcast, threads, web calendars, chats, teleconferences, etc) are intent on documenting the emergence of a new media ecosystem. Over the years I've talked about how citizens everywhere are getting together via the Internet and other unique mediums in unprecented ways to set the agenda for news, to "inform each other about hyperlocal and global issues, and to create new services in a connected, always-on society". In the twenty five years since my days at WZRD-FM Chicago and other experiences in participatory journalism (WLUP's Street Talk circa 1979) citizen media has grown from a promise to a legitimate presence in today’s media metasphere.

Thank you for checking out Modern Reporter. I hope you find it useful and contribute yours.
Michael D. Ratner, Editor - In - Chief


ARTICLES OF INTEREST

The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism
A resource guide to help you figure out how to put this industry trend to work for you and your newsroom. It's one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business these days. Many news executives are probably thinking about implementing some sort of citizen-journalism initiative; a small but growing number have already done so. However, there's plenty of confusion about citizen journalism. What exactly is it? CLICK HERE

Documenting the movement: Films and Video Clips
Cambridge Community Television hosted a 3-month documentary production course that resulted in this short documentary on Citizen Journalism. The Project Documentary team includes: Jason Crow, Shaun Clarke, Darcie Deangelo, Amy Mertl, Buz Owen, Jason Ong, Matt Landry, Mayana Leocadio. Read what "Journalism.co.uk" had to say about it:Citizen journalism film released online

Examples of local community news coverage,
info blogs, cyber life and citizen journalism:

AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/

Citizen Express a fine example of collective community citizen journalism
http://www.citizenxpress.com/

http://www.thecitizen.com/

http://www.has.vcu.edu/civic-journalism/

DeepBlog.com: An Easy Guide and Portal to Quality Blogs
http://deepblog.com/db2.html

ePluribus Media is a cooperative of citizen volunteers dedicated to researching issues of common concern and encouraging the highest standards of ethics and journalism.
http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/

Brattleboro is your original, locally-owned citizen journalism site. Read and write your own news, interviews, and more. Pick a Brattleboro story and cover it yourself or with friends.
http://www.ibrattleboro.com/

IReporter.org Inspiring, guiding, and educating citizen journalists and the news organizations that work with them. http://www.ireporter.org/

iTalkNews.com is a democratic journalism (citizen journalism) project. iTalkNews.com, is a breaking news website which you are welcome to post on. www.italknews.com/italk_links.php?menu=postedlink

Know More Media publishes media business related information and news. Authors provide a broad spectrum of media knowledge, publishing on a continual basis. http://www.knowmoremedia.com/

Media Giraffe is a supplement blog website to The Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
http://newshare.typepad.com/mediagiraffe/links_to_citizen_local_journalism_commentary/index.html

Micro Persuasion
Steve Rubel explores how technology is revolutionizing PR and marketing.
http://www.micropersuasion.com/

Net Centric Advocacy strategy for the age of connectivity.
http://www.network-centricadvocacy.net

New Media Musings charts the rise of open source media and related developments.
http://www.newmediamusings.com/

Oh My News, the theory and practice of Citizen Journalism. http://english.ohmynews.com

http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/

http://www.pjnet.org/

RINF.com daily alternative news, media and breaking news alternative underground conspiracies conspiracy and media from around the world, underground breaking news. www.rinf.com

WORLD CHANGING
http://www.worldchanging.com/

Resources and Key Links:

Alternative Press Index offers an extensive directory of links and information about alternative media and other resources. www.altpress.org/

Alternative Net News Sources
http://www.astrostar.com/AlternativeMedia.htm

Annual Citizen Journalism Scholarship Contest
http://journalism.gather.com/

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
http://www.aejmc.org/

Center for Media & Democracy
Tools for Citizen Journalism SOURCE WATCH PROJECThttp://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tools_for_citizen_journalism

Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
http://www.ciec.org/more_background.shtml

Cyber Journalist (OJA e-publication)
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002226.php

Free Speech TV http://www.freespeech.org/html/program.shtml

GOOGLE News Media Journalism Directory
http://www.google.com/Top/News/Media/Journalism/

Independent Media Post Centers
www.indymedia.org/

Institute for Interactive Journalism
http://www.j-lab.org/

Literary Zines Printed/Online Journals
http://newpages.com/npguides/litmags.htm

Online News Association
PO Box 2022, Radio City Station
New York, NY 10101-2022 . phone: 646-290-7900
http://journalists.org/

Modern Reporter Toolbox
http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_tools

Non-Mainstream Magazine List
http://www.newpages.com/npguides/altmags.htm

Periodicals Online
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/magazines.html

Public Journalism Network
http://www.pjnet.org/

Publishing Spot
Devoted to publishing, publishers and to those who craft the written word
http://www.thepublishingspot.com/

Poynter Reporter Resource Center
http://www.poynter.org/resource_center/

WE MEDIA 2.0 American Press Institute
http://www.hypergene.net/wemedia2/?p=33

Weekly Newspapers (Alternative Variety USA)
http://www.newpages.com/npguides/newswkly.htm

YOU TUBE Post and watch your own videos for free. www.YouTube.com

Zine World, a reader's guide to the underground press. http://www.undergroundpress.org/


Progressive Print Periodicals
Adbusters
Asheville Global Report
The Advocate
A-Infos
BCAS
The Boston Review Briarpatch (Canada)
Canadian DimensionConscious Choice
CounterPunch
Die Tageszeitung
Dissent
Dissident Voice
(Dis)connection
Dollars & Sense
Eat the State! (Seattle)
FAIR Faklen / The Torch Global Alternative
Granma International
In Context
India Left Online
In Motion Magazine
In These Times
Japan New Observer
Jinn: The Online
Labor Notes La Raza (Chicago)
Le Monde Diplomatique
Left Business Observer
LIP Lip Magazine
Making The Links
Monthly Review
Multinational Monitor
The Nation Digital
New Left Review
New Politics
New Internationalist
off our backs
Pacific News Service
The Progressive
Rabble
Race Traitor
Rachel's Weekly
Radical History Review
Ragged Edge The Radical Teacher
The Realist
Rebelión (Spain)
Red Pepper (UK)
RedNet Press Rethinking Schools
SchNews Shout
Synthesis/Regeneration SF Bay Guardian
Seattle Weekly
Shepherd Express
Swans
Texas Observer
The Stranger
Tikkun
Utne Reader
The Valley Advocate
Village Voice
Washington Free Press
Women's Review of Bks

Weblogs and related web sites
• Participatory Journalism
• Research, Organizations, Publications
• PR, Marketing, Corporate Blogging
• Social Software, Knowledge Management
• PodcastsBooks
• Journalism
• Online Community
• Weblogs
• Podcasting
• RSS, ATOM, XML Syndication
• Wiki
• Knowledge Management
• Network Theory
• Copyright, Digital Rights
• OtherTools
• Weblogging
• Forums, Discussion Groups
• Podcasting
• Video Blogging
• Photo Sharing and Photo Blogging
• Screencasting and Sharing
• RSS, Atom, XML Syndication
• Social Bookmarking
• P2P, File Sharing
• Collaborative Publishing
• Collaborative Writing and Editing
• Print on Demand, Self-publishing

Media Critics
Disinformation - Says that "you are being lied to" and "everything you know is wrong." Whether or not that's the case, don't believe everything you read. [disinfo.com]
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - Points out the "media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints"
I Want Media - News about the media
MCS: The Media and Communications Studies Site - Directory of media outlets and critical studies of the media
Media Channel.org - Commentary on the news and the media that report it
Media Matters
On the Media - A public radio program examining current media and news reporting
Romanesko's Media News - Frequent updates on what's happening in media. Can be a bit inside baseball for most. From the site for journalists: Poynter.org

More Media Links Media Channel FAIRThe Indy Press Media Democracy DayIGC's List of Pubs Viking's Guide Afrikan Frontline Network Ass. For Prog. Comm. Reporters Sans FronteresAlliance For Comm. Media Alternative Press Center American Journalism Review Chicano Press Association Common Dreams Corporate WatchDirect Action Network HYPE Intl Forum for Ind Media Intl News ResourcesMAP The Omnivore