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08/31/2009

Defining Citizen Journalism

What does citizen journalism have in common with Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense? Pamphlets were an alternative form of publishing, guerrilla-style journalism. Today's citizen journalist on the Internet is a logical extension of that need to speak out in new ways.

■Class discussion: What blogs are the most well known among your friends? Are there certain bloggers you follow? What kind of topics would you read about in blog form?

News Video Archive


►Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns

►CO2 Levels Reach Record High, Scientists Concerned

►Five-year-old kills his little sister with "My First Rifle"

►Building collapse in Bangladesh kills hundreds of workers

►Texas fertilizer plant stored explosive chemical used in terrorist bombing

►Chinese general calls bird flu an American plot

►Defendants Surrender in Atlanta Cheating Scandal

►Teenage programming whiz gets millions and a job at Yahoo

►Creativity gets kids exercising

►Driver stunned by ticket for going 2 mph under speed limit

►Hospitals scramble to kill 'superbugs'

►Chinese Government Fires Back at U.S. Hacking Claims

►Fiery crash injures fans at Daytona race

►Drivers record traffic mayhem

►Egypt To Ban YouTube For 30 Days

►Teen Activist Malala Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

►Apple Audit Finds More than 100 Cases of Underage Labor

►Beijing Introduces New Laws to Curb Pollution

►Australian Family Survives 'Tornadoes of Fire'

►Unruly Passenger Duct Taped to Airline Seat

►Indiana lawmaker attacks Girl Scouts as 'radical'

►Twitter keeps contact information without consent

►Google reported building augmented-reality glasses

►'Not concerned with very poor' quote could fuel anti-Romney ads

►Toronto teens send Lego man into space

►Utah school deems cougar mascot offensive

►Study shows women are much safer drivers than men

►Georgia's childhood obesity ads stir outcry

►Rival priests brawl in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity

►Marriage rate reaches record low

►Muppet propaganda?

►School rejects HIV-positive student

►SAT cheating scandal brings more arrests

►Is pizza a vegetable? Congress thinks so

►Graphic cigarette labels blocked by judge

►Study declares 'Freshman 15' a myth

►Aircraft-carrier sized asteroid to pass near Earth

►Facebook post leads to student suspension

►Germany confesses to spying on citizens' computers

►Crashing into Internet fame

►Is seeing believing?

►Kids cage fighting in Britain

►Ban contact sports for those under 14?

►What has counter-terrorism cost?

►Report focuses on the danger of space junk

►Did NASA Warn of Eco-Alien Attack?

►14-year-old Rebecca Black Leaves School over Bullying

►Captain Morgans Ship Found

►McDonalds Aims to Please with Fruits and Veggies in Happy Meals

►Next Mars rover mission aims for a mountain within a crater

►Study says Google Changes the Way We Remember Things

►Scientists say it will soon be possible to live for 1000 years?

►U.S. Census: Minority Babies Now Outnumber White Babies

►Space Probe Nears Its Asteroid Target

►Grasshopper tacos get squished by California health department

►Report: Kids Shouldn't Have Sports or Energy Drinks

►The Teaching Channel: Monster Match

►The Teaching Channel: Engaging the High Achievers

►Teaching Channel tips: Fractions with borrowing

►Memphis looks for volunteers as Mississippi River keeps rising

►Citizen journalists report when journalists can't

►Searching for another planet earth

►Chinese Government Bans Time Travel in TV Shows and Movies

►Study tries to explain how yawning gets contagious?

►Adding a calorie count next to each item on a restaurant's menu to fight obesity

►OMG, Acronyms Added to Oxford Dictionary

►World's Most Expensive Dog Worth $1.5 million

►Elephants Prove Intelligence Through Teamwork

►We're not sleeping enough

►Meet Thunder Thighs, a New Dinosaur Species

►'Hummingbird' Spy Drone Takes Flight

►Tree Octopus? If it's on the Internet, it must be true, right?

►New York City Bans Smoking in Public Places

►Doodling in Math Class: Snakes + Graphs

►Scientist Vows to Resurrect Mammoth by 2015

►Free Speech or a Call to Violence?

►House Reading of Constitution is a 'Civics Lesson'

►Nintendo issues warning about its upcoming 3D console

►Unhappy Mother Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meal Toys

►Surgeon General: One Cigarette is One Too Many

►Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

►New study says dogs are smarter than cats

►Scientists Claim Antimatter Breakthrough

►New Lizard Species Found at Lunch Buffet

►University offers class on Lady Gaga and fame

►Time Traveler spotted in 1929 Charlie Chaplin Movie?

►Scientists say water on moon could support humans

►AAA says parents need to pay more attention to kids' driving skills

►Study says 92% of U.S. Babies Have Online Presence

►Discovery of Earth-like planet excites astronomers

►Russia stakes a claim for Arctic resources

►Newspaper criticized for doctoring photograph

►New study says users spend more time on Facebook than Google

►NASA to Send Probe into Sun

►Proposal would penalize movies showing actors smoking with an R-rating

►Lying is protected by the Constitution

►Study finds more mental illness among students on college campuses

►Internet Addiction in Teens Linked to Depression

►Bedbugs Biting Across the Country

►Is Lady Gaga behind a dangerous trend?

►Chicken or egg? Mystery solved!

►Introducing Oscar, the World's First Bionic Cat

►Google considering paywall scheme for online newspapers

►Should vuvuzela horns be banned at the World Cup?

►Stranded teen sailor rescued in turbulent Indian Ocean

►Schools Move to Ban Kid Craze Silly Bandz

►A 1940s era video on working at a newspaper

►First self-replicating species is created in a lab

►Facebook gets more heat over privacy issues

►Famed physicist Stephen Hawking claims time travel is possible

►Looking for someone to blame for the BP oil spill

►Fighting cancer with fried chicken

►Political cartoons that move

►Scrabble purists a-n-g-r-y over new version of the classic board game

►Study indicates that magnets can paralyze your moral compass

►March Madness Over Graduation Rates

►Are you ready for 3D TV?

►"Take your legs off and play:" Profile of a Paralympian

►"Embrace Life" seatbelt video goes viral

►Tufts University accepts video applications

►Science unwraps the real King Tut

►Do fat kids need government help?

►Can Fast-Food Diet help you lose weight?

►Can you have too many friends?

►America's multimedia kids

►8-Year-Old Terrorist?

►Changing the tools: Merging the digital world with the physical world

►Will e-Readers replace books?

►Avatar sets a new standard for blockbusters

►A new Disney princess debuts

►Taking sports concussions seriously

►What does Green really mean?

►Unfriend -- Word of the year

►Scams on Facebook

►Sesame Street turns 40

►Moscow bans snow

►Video reporting: Including multiple sources

►Satirists take aim at Obama

►Germ Center tackles sneezing

►Twitter as a journalism tool

►Convergence continues

►Five Freedoms for Constitution Day

►The Beatles: Rock Band debuts Wednesday

►Defining Citizen Journalism

►1994: Developing a newspaper eReader

►Toyota's humanoid robot

►Watch political cartoonist Jack Ohman draw

►Storytelling across platforms

►Texting till it hurts

►Another newspaper goes online only

►Journalism 101: Writing the lead paragraph

►Cartoonist Steve Kelley on cartooning

►Prisoners pay homage to Michael Jackson

►Indoor airplane aerobatics

►Iran erupts over election results

►Online Newspapers -- in 1981!

►All atwitter about Twitter

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