Four rules citizen journalists need to know Journalist training in Ethiopia (USAID) Technology and the reach of the internet have made it possible for citizen journalists to find large audiences. Although they don’t need print-distribution systems or the financial backing of a newspaper publisher, citizen journalists do need to know the principles good journalists have followed for decades. Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic, who served as news editor for The Daily Princetonian and is currently a fellow at the the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, shares some imperatives for journalists to follow: Disclose conflicts of interest. A potential conflict of interest is a reporter’s affiliation with the subject matter, source or media outlet. “Occasionally, I or another reporter got too close to our sources,” she explains. “At those times, editors found another reporter to interview the sources” or disclosed their conflicts of interest. Get both sides. Rep...
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