Q&A: Engin Önder and Zeynep Tufekci on 140journos and the state of journalism in Turkey
Nieman Journalism Lab
Engin Önder is not a journalist, and he?ll be the first to tell you that. (?No way,? he said, laughing, when I asked.) Instead, Önder, who cofounded the Turkish citizen journalism platform 140journos, considers himself a citizen acting journalistically to share information and spark discussions about political issues in Turkey.
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