Citizen Journalism Academy            

Programs available from David Burton

Index of Local Extension Videos

Collection of press clippings

News Writing Help

Regional Media Releases

Calendar of events

Photo library

Citizen Journalism Academy

Southwest Missouri PRO Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Annual Reports

Need an Expert?

Local Newsletters

Staff Resources

LINKS

Introduction Materials for David Burton

Thanks to the Greene County Commission, executive body of government in Greene County, for its annual support of extension.

Tell me more about the Citizen Journalism Academy

(membership/sponsor brochure)

JOIN OUR NETWORK ...

Citizen Journalists of Southwest Missouri

Upward Bound/TRiO - Class Syllabus & links WORD - PDF

"The Irregular" -- Student newspaper of TRio/Upward

June 2009 * July 2009

"You Are the Editor" program.

Journalism in the movies - WORD - PDF

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

Future of News Media (Public Issues Forum)

Moderator's guide   *  Participants guide

Pre-forum questionnaire * Post forum questionnaire

Online resources

Tools for Citizen Journalists

Center for Citizen Media

Your Guide to Citizen Journalism (PBS)

11 Layers of Citizen Journalism

SPJ - Citizen Journalism

Publications from Southwest Region News Service

News Writing for the Non Journalist (order form)

Publicizing Your Event (ideas and more)

Community Building Through Community Journalism

What is Community Journalism?

Feature Writing

Formatting Media Releases

Letters to the Editor

Photography 101

Writing a Media Release

Writing Columns

Finding Media Bias

World's Greatest Writing Tips

Writing With Style

News writing for Non-Journalists

News/Press Conferences

Headline Rules for Citizen Journalists

Interviewing Techniques for the Citizen Journalist

Writing for Community Newspapers - Tips from Editors

What Editor’s Say About Community Journalism

How to create an eye catching brochure

Template - press release announcing an event (word)

Template - press release announcing an event (pdf)

Style Guide (MU Extension) - pdf

Publications from MU Extension

Developing Effective Communication

Listening: Our Most Used Communication Skill

How to do a Newsletter that gets Read

10 Principles for Clear Writing

Designing Your Newsletter

LEARN MORE

Leo Lerner, founder of Chicago's Lerner Newspapers, used to say, "A fistfight on Clark Street is more important to our readers than a war in Europe."

In the United States, about 97 percent of newspapers are classified as "community" newspapers, with circulations below 50,000. Their combined circulation, nearly 109 million, is triple that of the combined circulation of the country's large daily newspapers.

Community journalists are typically trained professional reporters and editors. Community journalism should not be confused with the work of citizen journalists, who are often unpaid amateurs. 

Citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic" or "street journalism") is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information," according to the seminal 2003 report We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information. Authors Bowman and Willis say: "The intent of this participation is to provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging and relevant information that a democracy requires."

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
David L. Burton, Civic Communication Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
833 Boonville Ave., Springfield, Mo. 65802
Tel: (417) 862-9284, ext. 16
E-mail: burtond@missouri.edu

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