About The Network

The Knight Citizen News Network consists of resources, research and learning modules created, aggregated and contributed by a network of people doing and studying citizen journalism. Many of the modules were created or commissioned by J-Lab, which administers the site. Others have been developed by an array of experts who are sharing their expertise to help both ordinary citizens and traditional journalists launch and operate sites that provide their community with fair and accurate news and information that meets high ethical standards.

This site is an ongoing work in progress and we invite users to suggest ideas for new modules or propose modules they would like to create themselves. E-mail Jan Schaffer (jans at j-lab dot org) with your suggestions or proposals.

Contributing to the network are:

Dan Gillmor and J.D. Lasica of the Center for Citizen Media, who gathered and produced dozens of segments on the core principles of citizen journalism.

Amy Gahran and Adam Glenn of I, Reporter, who spearheaded for J-Lab the creation of the mash-up map of citizen media sites and the “What We Like” ideas.

Dean Jansen and the Participatory Culture Foundation, who created the Internet TV learning module.

Ken Sands, of the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., who created the module on jumpstarting your reporting with e-mail.

Jan Schaffer and J-Lab staffers Craig Stone and Katie Aulwes, who gathered the lists of journalism resources, training sites and the latest in news about citizen media. J-Lab also produced the research report “Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News. The rise and prospects of hyperlocal journalism.”

Lisa Williams, who with Dan Gillmor produced the report “Frontiers of Innovation in Community Engagement.”

Doug Fisher, who researched and reported “Hartsville Today: The first year of a small-town citizen journalism site.”

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