State of Citizen Journalism

Dan Gillmor, whose stirring We the Media is a clarion call for the Citizen Journalism movement, has just posted his annual progress report on the state of Citizen Journalism, cribbed from a talk he recently gave in Seoul.

Citmedia PrinciplesWhat becomes increasingly clear is the need to update media literacy for a media-saturated age. When people are creators of media, not just consumers, the task is more complex – but more important than ever.

Think of media literacy in terms of principles, not a bunch of specific must-do kinds of instructions. They differ somewhat depending on the role one is playing in the media ecosystem.

But even those of us who are producers of media are much more often consumers. When we’re in that role, we should consider these principles…

Link, Paperback of We the Media
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