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Center for Citizen Media
Founded by Dan Gillmor, the nonprofit center aims at helping to enable grassroots media at every level. Lists current projects.
http://www.citmedia.org/
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Watchdogging 101: A How-To Guide for Citizen Oversight
Tools and questions supporting citizen journalism. Enables citizens to learn more about what the U.S. Congress and their elected representatives do.
http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/watchdogging101
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BBC Training & Development: Good Shooting Guide
The BBC shares its training materials through this online course detailing the basic principles on shooting news video.
http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=5914&cat=3
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Our Media: Personal Media Learning Center
Provides "how-to" guides for videoblogs, podcasts, and filing multi-media news stories. Also offers a repository of audio, video and photo content, and an open media directory.
http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center
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Wikinews: Original reporting
Offers guidelines for reporters. Covers sourcing, disclosure of potential conflicts, and preparing for interviews.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Original_reporting
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J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Active organization promoting the development, study and training of participatory journalists.
http://www.j-lab.org/
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The Largemouth Citizen Journalism Manual
Documents five steps to becoming a citizen journalist. Compiled by a group of professional journalists who volunteer time to teach anyone the skills to produce accurate, compelling news reports.
http://www.mcgillreport.org/largemouth.htm
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SourceWatch
Collaborative directory of people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. Catalogs PR firms, activist groups and government agencies, along with the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/
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Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-dissidents
Published by "Reporters Without Borders" and offering advice on how to start a weblog. Covers ethical guidelines, recommends tools, and provides technical ways on how to get around censorship. [PDF].
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers
Nonprofit group working to protect digital rights. Offers information about legal issues related to intellectual property (copyrights), privacy, access to public records, defamation (libel), election and labor law, and obscenity issues.
http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
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