Report the News. Make Money!
The Public Square Project is now offering a one-time $75.00 stipend to the first 10 citizen journalists who publish a news story in the upcoming edition of The Pittsburgh Citizen, formerly PittPoint, the new citizen-driven news site and publishing platform developed by The Public Square Project (read more below). It's that simple: Report the News. Make Money.*
In order to qualify for the stipend, your story must be publication-ready by Monday, July 27th. So, if you would like to participate and claim one of the available stipends, please fill in the form at the link below and one of our editors will be in touch to get you started.
Submit your story idea here today!
More about The Pittsburgh Citizen
Here's your chance to join the conversation by reporting and writing news stories that matter to you and your community! But the best part about The Pittsburgh Citizen is that you're not out there alone. We provide all of the resources and support you need to take your reporting and writing to the next level.
What we provide:
* Editorial Support - You will work side-by-side with a trained journalist who will assist you in reporting and writing your story. You'll even be able to collaborate with your editor online through our Virtual Reporter's Notebook interface.
* Access to Sources - Need a particular government document or access to a source for an interview? The Pittsburgh Citizen team will help you track down those sources.
* Publication - We will publish your work, including all associated audio, video, documents, and photographs, and promote your story so that it reaches a wide audience.
You report and write the story that you want to cover, and we handle the rest!
Submit your story idea here today!
*The fine print: The Public Square Project citizen journalism stipend will only be paid once your story has been certified for publication by our editors. We are only able to offer the stipend to the first 10 citizen journalists whose stories have been accepted for publication (limit one stipend per journalist). In order to qualify for the stipend, your story must be publication-ready by Monday, July 27th.
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The Public Square Posterous
In order to provide the latest and greatest in blogging technology, The Public Square Project is now going to be blogging at our new Posterous blog - The Public Square Posterous, which you can check out that this link, or at publicsquare.posterous.com. Come on over and join the conversation about government transparency, Government 2.0 technology, and citizen journalism.
Public=Online
On Thursday of this week, I was in Washington, D.C. to participate in a panel discussion on the importance of transparency at all levels of government. The panel was hosted by the Sunlight Foundation and Google and held at Google's D.C. office. I'll share my thoughts on the panel in the next post, but I wanted to first explain why I was there.
Year One of The Public Square Project: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed.
It's hard to believe that it has been one year since we kicked off the work of The Public Square Project with a series of citizen journalism training workshops held at The Union Project in East Liberty. Since that time, we have registered some key successes, dealt with many challenges, and made our share of mistakes.
Report the News. Make Money!
The Public Square Project is now offering a one-time $75.00 stipend to the first 10 citizen journalists who publish a news story in the upcoming edition of The Pittsburgh Citizen, formerly PittPoint, the new citizen-driven news site and publishing platform developed by The Public Square Project (read more below). It's that simple: Report the News. Make Money.*
News
Public Square Project is quietly tapping the power of local citizen journalists
A grassroots project is quietly emerging as a profound voice for citizen activists in the region.
PMweekend Features Citizen Journalism Workshops
Belated thank you to Pittsburgh Magazine for featuring The Public Square Project's Citizen Journalism Workshops in PMweekend.
Blog Role
BY CHRIS YOUNG, Pittsburgh City Paper
Old-media journalists are losing jobs everywhere, while new-media journalists often lack the resources and expertise to fill in the gaps. But Ryan Hopkins hopes his effort to combine old and new media will improve local news reporting and create greater government transparency.