Citizen journalism and social media have become major sources for news, especially after the Arab uprisings of early 2011. While technology helps newsrooms understand their readers and better use citizen sources, we remain blind to the way the news is used in turn by citizen sources to gain credibility and spread ideas.

In less than a year, a Twitter account that serves as a hub for news on Saudi Arabia has earned almost 400,000 followers. IJNet talks to the founder of HashKSA to find out more.

The job picture is looking better for college grads who majored in journalism and mass communications, at least in the short term, according to a recent study.

A recent report by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation summarizes the state of journalism training.

Oluchi Iwuoha is a news correspondent for Continental Broadcasting Service (CBS) in Nigeria. Thanks to IJNet, Iwuoha has attended the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, Germany, and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University.

Hashtags help journalists find people tweeting about topics they are covering. They also help people who are interested in the topics you cover find your tweets. This tutorial will teach you the basics.

With phone cameras improving and prices dropping for digital cameras, more people have the chance to take better photographs than ever before. Here are five tips for amateur photojournalists who want their hobby to develop into a paid profession.

Thanks to microblogs and social networks, more journalists are writing online than ever before. Many of them, however, still don't know how important links are for attributing information.

A new visual guide will expose areas of corruption in Colombia, where misuse of funds, bribery and fraud are common.