QotW9: What’s Citizen Journalism? (w/ extra credit)

Journalists, Bloggers, Whistleblowers and so much more!

Here’s the Question of the Week (QotW):

1. Explore The Straits Times’ STOMP.com.sg…
2. Based on the readings below, is STOMP an ideal form of citizen journalism for Singapore?
3. Regardless of your response, how would you improve it?
4. Make a concise argument in 500 words or more (proper written English), supported with at least two APA-style citations.
5. Start the title of your blog post as “QotW9: _____”
6. Drop a comment here with a permalink to your blog post.
7. *Selected posts will be shared with Jennifer Lewis, Editor of STOMP.

Here’s the Extra-Credit (BONUS MISSION):

1. Contribute news to STOMP via SMS or MMS at 75557, or via email 75557@stomp.com.sg
2. If your contribution appears on the site, publish a link to it in the comments below (mark it “BONUS MISSION”)
3. Extra-credit will only be given if your news gets accepted.

Deadline
31st March, Saturday, 5pm
Warning: Late work will not be graded

Required
• “We the Media” Chapters 1, 3, 9 (Web / PDF)
Note: The Web version has the whole book on the same page.

Optional
• We the Media (remaining chapters)
• Nieman Reports: The Future Is Here, But Do News Media Companies See It? (Web summary / PDF report)
• “How Technology is changing the Media” at Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Google Video)
• New York Times: All the World’s a Story (19th March, 2007): Assignment Zero, a new online journalism experiment,  combines reporting efforts of readers to tell the world a story (a crowdsourcing example).