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Arab spring leads surge in events captured on cameraphones
From Tahrir Square to the scene of John Galliano's racist rants, pictures and videos from the public have been increasingly used in media coverageGallery: Cameraphone images of the year In 2011,...
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Syrian government blocks live video streaming site Bambuser
Bambuser chief executive says Syrian activists are working around attempted blackout to continue to post videosThe Syrian government has blocked a premiere live stream website a day after one of its...
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Were Marie Colvin and journalists deliberately targeted by Syria's army?
Nicolas Sarkozy has said the journalists in Homs were 'assassinated'. Here, Peter Beaumont assesses the evidenceFollowing the deaths of Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik, a freelance...
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Citizen journalists undertake mission in Syria: 'Bullets don't discriminate'
Two Americans whose first foray into citizen journalism was filming at an Occupy protest have moved on to one of the most dangerous places in the world for reporters of any skill levelEven for the...
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In defence of online comments | James Ball
The internet would be a dull place without readers being able to challenge writers – and journalism would be impoverishedOnline comments are getting a bad press of late. After a small number of prison...
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Vyclone video app aims to out-social Viddy and Socialcam
New iPhone app connects people shooting videos of the same event, and edits their footage togetherVideo-sharing apps are all the rage in Silicon Valley in 2012. Well, two are. Viddy raised $30m in...
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Local newspapers' crisis: why we should dream the impossible dream
Today's extract from What do we mean by local?* is a contribution by Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University and creator of the PressThink blog.Rosen is one of the most forward...
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Scottish citizen journalists: charting the Olympic torch relay
Jennifer Jones describes how her 60 strong team of citizen journalists will be using the olympic torch as a starting point to explore a deeper sense of identity in Scotland• Get the dataToday the...
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Scotland's Olympic torch relay: how citizen journalists have charted the...
David McGillivary, project lead of Citizen Relay, recounts the achievements of citizen journalists using the olympic torch as a starting point for interviews about Scottish identity • Get the data•...
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How to set up a community radio station
The Journalism Foundation and Lincoln university are jointly launching a course to teach people how to set up and run a community radio station.The workshops are being offered for free to 15 people...
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London 2012 Olympics: the impact of commercialisation on the games
Jennifer Jones and her team will be investigating the impact of the spaces designed for people to watch the 2012 Olympics. One thing that will be explored is the effect of commercials and ads in these...
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Blogging enriched the Orwell prize, but times have changed | Jean Seaton
Though blogging at its best can provide an insightful view from the outside, it has now been subsumed into the mainstreamFive years ago there was an exciting new kid on the writing bock: "blogging". An...
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Syria: film-making and weapons don't mix | Sakhr al-Makhadhi
As the risks keep larger news groups away, is the blurring of the line between activism and journalism putting all reporters in danger?More journalists have died in the line of duty this year than at...
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News as games: immoral or the future of interactive journalism?
Apple's decision to reject an iPhone game exploring the conflict in Syria reflects wider unease about playing with newsPicture this. One morning, you visit the Guardian home page to find a headline...
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Introducing GuardianWitness, our new platform for content you've created
GuardianWitness is a new way to collaborate with Guardian journalists by telling us your side of a story - online and on Android and iPhoneThe digital communication revolution has expanded the...
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After Leveson - is citizen journalism the answer?
The post-Leveson debate has taken many a twist and turn, and there is no sign yet of a resolution of the struggle to decide how the press will be regulated in future.As has been pointed out often, Lord...
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Global protest grows as citizens lose faith in politics and the state
The myriad protests from Istanbul to São Paulo have one thing in common - growing dissent among the young, educated and better-off protesting against the very system that once enriched them. And...
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Were Marie Colvin and journalists deliberately targeted by Syria's army?
Nicolas Sarkozy has said the journalists in Homs were 'assassinated'. Here, Peter Beaumont assesses the evidenceFollowing the deaths of Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik, a freelance...
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Citizen journalists undertake mission in Syria: 'Bullets don't discriminate'
Two Americans whose first foray into citizen journalism was filming at an Occupy protest have moved on to one of the most dangerous places in the world for reporters of any skill levelEven for the...
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In defence of online comments | James Ball
The internet would be a dull place without readers being able to challenge writers – and journalism would be impoverishedOnline comments are getting a bad press of late. After a small number of prison...
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