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Lots of folks ask us, "What makes a good citizen journalist?"
The short answer is passion. But a good a good citizen journalist needs more than just passion. Six proficiencies that a good citizen journalist needs to develop are: a. First of all, they synthesize facts and events. They find the essence of the story amidst the chaos of the moment. b. Second, they simply and clarify those facts and events so their readers understand what happened, who was involved and why things transpired the way they did. c. And third, they gratify their readers. They provide their readers with the information they desire in a way that is informative and compelling. The key to developing these six skills is practice. You can read books about news writing and story telling, but there is only one way to learn to write and that is to do it. Eventually you have to put pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard. Writing is like dancing: you learn best by doing. That is why most of the training courses presented by the NACJ require some doing – homework, if you please. So pick up that pen and paper, power up that laptop and start writing. And if you need some help, join the National Association of Citizen Journalists - our training webinars are available for you on the Internet 24/7. For more information about the training available through the NACJ, CLICK HERE.
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Dr. Ron Ross is a publisher, author, speaker, radio personality residing in Loveland, Colorado. He is the author of two published books and several e-books. He is the host of Tidbits Radio on 1310KFKA-AM and on CastleRockRadio.com. He writes a weekly motivational and inspirational column that is published in a variety of newspapers.
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