Citizen journalism: a rough guide to telling your stories in word and image

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Wall art highlights locals

THERE’S an interesting exhibition in the Mid-North Coast NSW town of Wauchope. I found it pasted on the walls.

Jul 31, 2019 / 2min read. Read More

PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY is a strategy of governments which use non-state actors to do their…

RT has been implicated in foreign interference in the US election. An agency in Russia’s information warfare program, RT has a presence in…

May 20, 2019 / 3min read. Read More

Word salads for citizen journalists

A word salad is a mash-up of words strung together to make something sound credible.

Apr 25, 2019 / 3min read. Read More

Dealing with conspiracy theories after disasters

REMEMBER 9/11 and the conspiracy theories about moslems being warned to stay away from the World Trade Centre just before it was attacked?

Apr 22, 2019 / 3min read. Read More

The great bananadrine case of 1967

How stories spread and why citizen journalists should be wary of them.

Mar 28, 2019 / 5min read. Read More

Dealing with aggressive commentators

What do we do when we are attacked online?

Mar 24, 2019 / 6min read. Read More

Citizen journalism and civil streets

Has the ubiquity of mobile phone cameras brought greater civility to public places? That is something Paul Kitano wrote about in his…

Mar 11, 2019 / 3min read. Read More

What’s wrong with this notice?

When we are asked to write text for a notice, saying the right thing in the right way gets avoids our words getting in the way of the…

Oct 08, 2018 / 3min read. Read More

24: Shooting video for MOJO

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not…

Sep 29, 2018 / 10min read. Read More

23. Photography for the citizen journalist

Being in the right place at the right time, and being there to capture the image that cuts right through — it’s a labour of love, and it’s…

Sep 29, 2018 / 7min read. Read More