Susan Carson Cormier
Susan Carson Cormier is a co-founder of the National Association of Citizen Journalists and co-author of the "Handbook for Citizen Journalists," a book written FOR citizen journalists. As the person in charge of training citizen journalists at the NACJ, she teaches journalism 101 and shares the lessons she learned from her more than a decade in the newspaper business. She also owns Creative Business Services, through which she helps small and home-based businesses with their marketing and publicity efforts.
Read More »
...
- Page Views
- 190
- Content
- 10
- Fans
- 0
- Contributor since
- 11/18/2010
Motto
Ushering in the new journalismAffiliations
Susan Cormier's blog, National Association of Citizen Journalists, Handbook for Citizen JournalistsFavorites
None yet.Fans
None yet.
Displaying Results 1 - 10 (of 10) for All Content
-
Arianna Continues to Spread Her WingsArianna Huffington wants citizen contributors to help in hyerlocal news coverage at Patch.com
-
Common Writing Mistakes CorrectedEditor gives tips on commas and more to citizen journalists and writers
-
Do All Citizen Journalists & Bloggers Deserve a Paycheck?AOL $315 million purchase of The Huffington Post and subsequent class-action lawsuit on behalf of HuffPo bloggers stirs up discussion about pay
-
Two Ways to Tell a StoryA lesson is the use of words is provided by two different reports about the behavior of former Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman
-
Journalists Risk Their Lives in LibyaCitizen journalists in the U.S. don't have to face the obstacles of their counterparts in other parts of the world.
-
A Strong Need for Citizen JournalistsShrinking professional news staffs is a problem we talk about a lot at the National Association of Citizen Journalists. We believe citizen journalists are part of the solution because they can help cover news when professional reporters are unavailable.
-
Sales Folks Can Make Citizen Journalism Websites ProfitableHere's a suggestion for all the operators of citizen journalism websites who are struggling to make ends meet: Hire a commission salesperson.
-
Gratitude Can Bring Big ChangesLearn how one man changed his life by performing the ordinary - but often forgotten - act of writing thank you notes.
-
Fact-Checking is Serious BusinessCitizen journalists and bloggers should double-check the facts in their stories. Even professional journalists who fail to take the time to fact-check can find themselves correcting their mistakes.
-
Enough with the Anonymous SourcesWant more credible information from news reports? Urge journalists - professionals and citizens - to use sources who allow themselves to be quoted by name.