A guide today from Twitter for journalists (incl. "citizen journalists") on how to best use Twitter

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Welcome to #TfN. Inside, you’ll find resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process.

We want to make our tools easier to use so you can focus on your job: finding sources, verifying facts, publishing stories, promoting your work and yourself—and doing all of it faster and faster all the time.

We know you come from different generations. Some are native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag. You began your careers in different media: radio, print, broadcast, online and mobile. But you share a common bond: the desire to make a difference in the world, bringing reliable information to the communities you serve.

While this group is diverse, we think Twitter and #TfN can be a kind of common ground—and we know Twitter is a tool all journalists can use to find sources faster, tell stories better, and build a bigger audience for their work.

Miami man hid phone memory card in his mouth to preserve footage in battle over recording tools ("citizen journalism")

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201162114131825860.html#

Actually quite a serious issue now ("citizen journalism"), in the U.S. as well as countries in the Middle East where people are living under tyrannies. I've read quite a few articles on this recently, heard a story on NPR on it.