Citizen Press Corps Project Developer
Organization:
Shires Media Partnership, Inc. VISTA Name:
Brooke Brown-Saracino
Program Start:
9/2010
Program End:
9/2011
Project Description:
The Corps member will help Shires Media Partners develop a Citizen Press Corps, a cadre of citizen journalists who will be trained to use digital technology to gather news not covered in other media in the community, making WBTN-AM a multi-media community information hub. The Corps member will develop a collaborative website where the citizen journalists will post and share their work, from which Shires Media Partnership will select posts for further refinement, broadcast, and distribution.