Citizen Journalism News and Citizen Journalism Videos 3298 items | updated Mar 19 2010
Collective Journalism (CJ) is Current's citizen journalism program. If you want to get involved with telling the stories about how you and your community are affected by news and issues, this is the place. This page is curated by the staff on the CJ team, and features CJ content aired on the TV network, but this is where you can upload your work, suggest ideas, leave your webcam reactions and link to news stories. more
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Mittens Buy Nothing Day
Stop Motion animation making mittens from an old sweater for Buy Nothing Day, the adbusters anti-consumerist holiday-
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Election 2008: THE most important issue
I am at loss to understand how the Presidential candidates and American people apparently CANNOT see that THE most important issue... more-
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TAINTED TOXIC WATER!
In the age of bottled water, how much further damage can we do to our earth's most precious resource. There are several... more-
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Study Compares States? Math and Science Scores With Other Countries?
American students even in low-performing states like Alabama do better on math and science tests than students in most foreign... more-
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People and Ants Alike? An Instinct to Swarm..
If you have ever observed ants marching in and out of a nest, you might have been reminded of a highway buzzing with traffic. To... more-
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Andy Warhol's "Liz" Painting sells for $23 Million!
Andy Warhol's turquoise-background Elizabeth Taylor portrait sold for $23.7 million Tuesday at Christie's auction house,... more-
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Giant Dinosaur Skeleton Found in Museum Drawers
A curator has rediscovered a nearly complete giant Barosaurus skeleton hidden for years in museum drawers. The skeleton was... more-
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What's Your Issue?
Check it out--You Decide 2008, a popular political blog covering the 2008 elections, is helping Current get the word out about our... more-
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The truth about bottled water
Despite having some of the best municipal tap waters in the world, Americans consume more bottled water than anywhere else in the... more-
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Advertising's HUGE influence!
Yeah it basically rules our lives...but why? What effect does advertising have on you and do you feel you are being targeted?-
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Newspapers?!
Does anyone read them anymore? Are they really dying to the effect I think they are?-
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More cocaine submarines!
This new pair of submarines can carry five tons of cocaine under the water! "Captured workers described how they had... more-
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Golden Gate Oil Spill
On November 7, 2007, A container ship struck a tower of the Bay Bridge spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil into the San... more-
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Border Patrol Gets Violent Against No Borders Camp at End of Peaceful Week
After a great week at the No Borders Camp in Calexico/Mexicali, activists met with overwhelming and inappropriate force wielded by... more-
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Smuggling to Survive
Jaron Gilinsky travels to the border between Iraq and Iran to see how gas shortages in Iraq have created a thriving industry for... more-
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800 Meters from Gaza
Benny Sela lives on a kibbutz in Israel...800 meters from the border with Gaza.-
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Saving Us From A Tyrant
As refugees stream south out of Zimbabwe to South Africa, they struggle to survive in their new home. This church offers them a... more-
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NOTES from the FIELD
Pod producers upload your behind-the-scenes footage, tips, and bloopers for a potential pod on how wonderfully intense it is to... more-
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I'm Not Surfing Today
On November 7, 2007, A container ship struck a tower of the Bay Bridge spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil into the San... more-
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Earth May Not Be Alone! A New Planet Is Discovered!
With the discovery of a fifth planet orbiting the star 55 Cancri, a team of scientists including SF State astronomers are one step... more-
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