Malaysiakini hails citizen journalism

Malaysiakini hails citizen journalism

Malaysiakini and the International Center for Journalists have trained over 180 citizen journalists in Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak.

These citizen journalists have produced over 800 videos and garnered over 5 million views through Malaysiakini.tv.

The citizen journalists have their own website, and they gathered for their first conference on May 1-2, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur.

As the pioneering batch, these citizens who turned citizen journalists have achieved much success. This is affirmed by the words from the co-founders in Malaysiakini and also state assemblyperson Hannah Yeoh.

Video by Chan Lilian, Citizen Journalist

Malaysiakini and the International Center for Journalists have trained over 180 citizen journalists in Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak.  
These citizen journalists have produced over 800 videos and garnered over 5 million views through Malaysiakini.tv.
The citizen journalists have their own website, http://www.cj.my and they gathered for their first conference on May 1-2, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur.  
As the pioneering batch, these citizens who turned citizen journalists have achieved much success.  This is affirmed by the words from the bosses in Malaysiakini and also assemblyperson, Hannah Yeoh