Citizen Journalism Workshop – Showcasing the reporting ability of the youth

I don’t know if regular viewers of PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform have noticed the scores of young CJ foot soldiers who have joined recently, providing a whole swath of new and exciting topics and content. Many of these new citizen journalists are college students who participated in the PeoPo Citizen Journalism Workshop this summer. Over the four-day course, students were instructed in the skills of interviewing, shooting and editing, allowing these fledgling citizen journalists to get some much-needed reporting experience under their belts.

Now in its fourteenth year, PeoPo Citizen Journalism Workshop has trained more than 1,400 young university graduates to become citizen journalists. Participants at the workshop are encouraged to cultivate the spirit of citizen journalism, focusing on grassroots issues and public issues that matter to society. Though they may not continue to produce reports in the future, PeoPo believes that by helping sow the seeds of citizen journalism in their hearts, they will be better able to appreciate the value of citizen journalism and how it differs from the mainstream media.

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公民新聞實習營 展現年輕人報導能量

常點閱PeoPo公民新聞平台的觀眾不知道有沒有發現？最近平台上多了許多新進的公民記者，而且報導的議題和內容相當具有可看性。這些新進的公民記者許多都是今年參與PeoPo暑期實習營的大學生，透過四天的課程，協助同學認識採訪拍攝剪輯的技巧，並且透過實作，讓這些年輕公民記者更能累積報導經驗。

   已經邁入第十四屆的PeoPo暑期實習營，已經培訓了超過1400位的年輕大學生成為公民記者，他們也在實習期間，實際透過報導展現關心在地、關心公共議題的公民新聞精神，雖然他們日後不一定會繼續產出報導，但相信公民新聞的種子已經在他們心中萌芽，更能體會有別於一般新聞媒體的公民新聞價值。