Screenshot from the dobetterdnvr Instagram account. A high-profile experiment in citizen journalism is playing out in Denver right now, triggering animated argument on X and Instagram and at least one ...

No, I'm not talking about Assignment Zero or Backfence. I'm referring to iBurlington — "Burlington Vermont's Blog" — a local citizen journalism site, launched in... But it didn’t happen that way.

Journalism is essential in holding those in power accountable. President Trump has disregarded journalistic integrity and has attacked truth-tellers in his drive to control the narrative. Trump has ...

"They figured that this would shut me down," says Priscilla Villarreal. "But what they did was create a monster." Villarreal is a journalist in the Texas border town of Laredo. She is at the center of ...

While citizen reporters offer immediacy and expanded voices, print media still holds the indispensable roles of fact-checking, ethical management, and contextual analysis. The rapid growth of digital ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Way back in the distant mists of mid-2010, The Bay Citizen, a San Francisco experiment in nonprofit civic journalism, launched ...

"They figured that this would shut me down," says Priscilla Villarreal. "But what they did was create a monster." Villarreal is a journalist in the Texas border town of Laredo. She is at the center of ...