Citizen Journalists: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities

Citizen Journalists: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities

A police officer grabs the cell phone you used to film him kicking a suspect in handcuffs. You photograph a violent clash between protesters and the military in your town, or a stray bullet puts you in the hospital for weeks, A person you caught on a video posted to...
Citizen Journalism and the New Democracy of News

Citizen Journalism and the New Democracy of News

The good: a fireball streaks across Russia’s dawn sky and the world learns of it through the dash cam videos uploaded by commuters. The bad: An unedited, user submitted story goes viral, terrifies readers and embarrasses a leading news outlet. The ugly: Syrian...
Whistleblower: The U.S. Army and its Internal Culture War

Whistleblower: The U.S. Army and its Internal Culture War

[icon icontype=”icon-tools”]For the average American, who only seeks out television and newspapers to stay informed, there may be little difference at first glance between the U.S. Army under the command of George W. Bush and that of Barack H. Obama. But...