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Al Jazeera to launch citizen journalism training

5/20/11
by Nicole Martinelli
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In an era of explosive global stories and shrinking news budgets, Al Jazeera is the latest broadcaster with plans to create training for citizen journalists.

The tutorials will enable citizens to report on events, especially in areas that are not covered by mainstream media. The network is creating tutorials for citizen journalists focusing on multimedia including Flip cameras and other devices. No dates were announced for the program launch.

"People are at the heart of it," said a member of the network's social media team, Esra Dogramaci, during the BBC Social Media Forum. "It is up to us to give them a microphone and amplify their voices. In Syria, for example, we have no correspondents on the ground. We are relying entirely on people to send the content to us to send out."

Al Jazeera is the latest broadcaster to launch training for citizen journalists. As networks recognize the value of having reporters on the ground when events erupt, they are stepping up training efforts to turn anyone with a mobile phone or a camera into a news provider.

The BBC World Service offered training and equipment for citizen journalists in 2009; other initiatives include Small World News, launched in 2005, which has recently been arming citizen reporters on the ground in Libya with Kodak Zi8 cameras and 6 HTC Wildfire mobile phones.

Via Journalism.co.uk

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Submitted by Anonymous on 6/2/11.

It is wonderful project that could benefit most of us who have served as print media journalist decades to widen our scope.I have been yearning for openings like this to go into TV news reporting.I have severed as a freelance broadcaster for a number of private Radio Stations in Cameroon. Am currently the publisher Editor of The Vanguard News Paper.I worked with the state media for eight years and left. Web:www.vanguardcameroon.com my tel numbers (237077 74 91 36 or (237)94 97 17 63. Bamenda Cameroon -Africa. I will be very grateful if am given the opportunity benefit from the prgramme. Best regard Chifu

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Submitted by Anonymous on 5/29/11.

Why don't you focus more professional journalists who are available across the globe? This I believe will allow for professional handling of stories - Siaka Momoh, BusinessDay newspaper, Nigeria.

Journalism Training

Submitted by Anonymous on 5/28/11.

What an empowering initiative for both citizens as well as Aljazeera!

What an Opportunity!

Submitted by Anonymous on 5/28/11.

Please kindly enlist me in your new training programme titled 'Citizen Journalism.' The programme would empower people like me who has been a freelancer for Radio and Television for quite sometimes. Though I am a Film Producer by profession, but this is a golden opportunity for someone like me to learn new things about information dissemination globally. My production Company is Q-Films Multi-Services and is located in Kano State - Nigeria.

Sincerely,

Habibu Sani

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Submitted by Anonymous on 5/26/11.

Count me in on this very important opportunity Sachia Ngutsav Radio Benue//Ministry of Information PO Box 1969 Postal code 970001 Benue State NIGERIA +234 802 705 1132

Another bold effort

Submitted by Anonymous on 5/23/11.

This decision is just another attempt to prominence of human angle issues. I shall wait to see when it does get actualised.

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