By MERIAM MEDDEB

 Encourage citizens “to play  an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information."

Media: contact programmes, web discussion arenas, community media

Journalism:  Citizen-assisted journalism (public/citizen journalism)

Alternative communication: demonstrations, face-to-face, dancing, etc. 

Use the tools of modern technology and the global liberty of the internet.

Write about a city council meeting on your blog or in an online forum. 

You could fact-check a newspaper article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your page.

Covering  Research background Observe the scene Interview 

participants Consolidate 

information Report Paradigm: 

Detachment Time spent: hours to 

days

Sharing Create the

background Live in the scene Participate Remember the

information Share a life Paradigm:

Involvement Time spent: A

lifetime

1) Interviewing : Talk to the relevant people who have opinions and knowledge about your story topic. 

2) Being part of a community: Sometimes it helps just to be an active member of your community. Being out and about in your town is also a great way to come up with a story idea from scratch.

3) Researching : The Internet is a huge repository of information that can help you understand and narrow down your story idea.

Digital tools journalists can use to improve their reporting, storytelling:Public Insight Network (PIN) | (@publicinsight)Ushahidi | (@ushahidi)The PANDA Project | (@pandaproject)Census.IRE | (@IRE_NICAR)iWitness | (@AdaptivePath)Tableau Public | (@tableau)Popcorn Maker | (@mozilla)

 Blogging: Blogspot, Blogger, Hubspot Photo sharing:  Instagram, Pinterest, Photobucket, 

Flickr, Picassa.  Social Networking:  MySpace, Facebook, Twitter etc.  Virtual reality:  Create an entire new world online.  

Second Life, Sony World.

Disseminating

You TubeMagnifyBloggerAgoraVoxBlogNews

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You can also store, title and share video productions on the Internet.

Before the interview…Depending on whom you’re talking tonecessary research Once you’re in the interview…-Be approachable and comfortable-Avoid questions with “yes or no” answers -Ask about specific experiences to get anecdotes. -Don’t assume you know what someone is 

talking about without hearing them say it. 

-Ask one question at a time,-Avoid revealing your own opinions about a subject.- Consider recording the interview

Flashmob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OawiTae0bA 

StreetArt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZFZNov7fQ

BILLKAMCHA.TN (USHAIHIDI PLATFORM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3itMJG6eWJM