Howard Owens is doing some outloud thinking about what he calls personal journalism and makes some connections to public jounalism. He writes in part:
I’m coming to the conclusion that the new journalism is Personal Journalism.
Personal Journalism is just as ethical as old-school public journalism. It still values facts, fairness, truth telling and good reporting. It’s [...]
Maybe it is time for every newsperson to get a Second Life avatar. I have been touting the idea that news organizations should be kicking people out of the newsroom and getting them involved at least part time in the participatory culture. Maybe they should use IBM as an example, which is getting more and [...]
When I was at the Media Reform conference in Memphis, it seemed everywhere I turned I would see Amani Channel from the Black Family Channel with camera set up interviewing yet another person. So here are the results of those interviews, which aim at providing a black perspective on media reform and citizen journalism.
As a [...]
Journalistopia supplies a list of resources for citizen journalists. Tip from Online Journalism Blog. Plus Robin Good provides a list of how to sell your photographs, in what he calls: A Citizen Journalist’s Mini-Guide To Monetizing Your Camera-Phone Content.
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I was at the table at a cafe in Memphis during the Media Reform Conference when both Chris Peck, editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and Bill Densmore of the Media Giraffe project interviewed Liz Wolf Spada. She was telling how the federal government has imprisoned her son Josh Wolfe because he would not turn [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.