"A guide for lay people who want to use social media, blogs, or create news sources to report on what matters in their community using journalistic best practices and ethics"-- Provided by publisher.

Citizen journalism house rules -- Is this a story? -- Fake news, brain farts, and crap detectors -- Information gathering -- Interviewing tips -- What is investigative reporting? -- Pulling it all together and telling the story -- Fact-checking -- Creating your voice as a journalist -- Platforms: building your place in the journalism world.