Citizen Journalism

Tweet with Us at Hothouse!

8/29/09

The Pittsburgh Citizen, the region's only news site and publishing platform developed by and for citizen journalists, will debut its website at Hothouse, The Sprout Fund's annual summer benefit party to be held at Walnut Capital's new Bakery Square development.

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What Is Citizen Journalism?

Ryan Hopkins
8/26/09

I get that question a lot. As you might expect, there are many definitions of "citizen journalism", but I think the best one comes from Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York University and one of the earliest proponents of citizen journalism. Rosen's definition:

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Welcome to The Pittsburgh Citizen

8/25/09

Welcome to The Pittsburgh Citizen! Thanks for taking the time to check our site. Now that you're here, you're probably wondering, what is The Pittsburgh Citizen anyway?

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