Rooting for Citizen Journalism – An interview with Sanying Community College principal Huang Rong-hu

The PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform encourages citizen journalists to record distinguishing characteristics from their local areas. Recently, there have been several reports on PeoPo about the culture of Sanxia Tea Village. It turns out that there is a depth of culture and history regarding the origins of tea in Sanxia, a suburb of Taipei; however, it seems that the majority of Taiwanese people are only familiar with Sanxia Old Street.

In fact, there has never been a shortage of local issues or people who care about such issues. The key thing is how to ignite the seeds of citizen journalism in the hearts and minds of people. Only by teaching people how to report on the stories that matter to them and how to upload these stories can they share them with people far and wide. As long as the principal of Sanying Community College remains, we can expect a lot of vitality in this place in the future.

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為公民新聞扎根-三鶯社大校長黃榮護專訪

PeoPo公民新聞平台鼓勵公民記者記錄地方的特色事物，最近在PeoPo公民新聞平台上，有好幾則公民記者報導三峽茶鄉的文化特色。原來在臺北近郊的三峽，有這麼多關於茶葉的文化歷史淵源。可是其實我們好像大部分都只知道三峽老街，對三峽的認識比較沒有那麼多。

其實地方從來都不缺議題，也不缺關心地方事物的人。重要的是怎麼樣燃起他們心中公民新聞的種子，怎麼樣透過方法教他們可以把想說的故事說出來，然後上傳報導分享給更多人知道。只要有校長在三鶯社大，未來這個地方是可以期待的，絕對是有很多蓬勃的活力。

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