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Chapter 13

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Editing 2.0 Exercises: Citizen journalism and the YouTube generatio

Module 13.1

Questions

  1. Because few “citizen journalists” get any sort of financial compensation for their efforts, what explains why so many commit “random acts of journalism”? What’s in it for them?
  2. Is citizen journalism and crowdsourcing a boon or a bane for journalism as craft? (Beware of false binaries; you might consider how it is both a boon AND a bane, and a few things in between.)

Activities

  1. Do some citizen journalism. Cover any event with a video camera, even the video camera in your smartphone. This could be a festival or fair, concert or show—the event itself doesn’t matter here. Do even some basic editing, then upload your video news spot to YouTube.
  2. For the video news spot you created in the first activity, now generate some online conversation about that video. Include it in your Facebook page. Tweet out the YouTube URL for the video. Ask others to pass it along. How much buzz can you generate around that news spot?

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Editor’s Bookshelf—Additional Reading Suggestions

An eye for news: Editing visuals

Krug, Matthias and Stefan Niggemeier. Enhanced reality: Exploring the boundaries of photo editing. ABCnews.com, May 12, 2013.

Pictures That Lie. Slideshow put together by the CNET.com news staff examining fake photos and photo distortions that have been published by news organizations. The photo gallery began on Jan. 31, 2006, and is updated regularly.