Many Knight Community Information Challenge projects rely at least in part on volunteers to contribute content for their sites. Kwan Booth, a faculty member at Knight Digital Media Center’s recent KCIC Boot Camp for new grantees, has extensive experience working with volunteer contributors.

Booth, who is senior community manager for Oakland Local,  has turned many untrained but enthusiastic community members into creative and reliable sources of news, interviews, event coverage, commentary, photos, video, and more.

In a recent interview, Booth highlighted 10 tips for working with volunteers. You can read the interview here at Knight Digital Media Center.