Citizen Journalists Are Playing An Increasing Role In News, And Media Outlets Are Now Trying To Take Advantage Of What They Have To Offer – While Remaining Wary Of The Risks.

Does a new form of journalism require a new business model? That’s the question many people experimenting with the notion of “citizen journalism” are asking these days. Is “citJ” (as I ...

Thousands of traditional journalists who lost their jobs in recent years have begun reappearing with online news operations, many of which also use citizen journalists. The two sometimes mix about ...

Citizen journalism is quickly redefining how information is conveyed to the masses and both reporters and public information officers are learning new ways to adapt to the growing trend. “Citizen ...

Increasingly, ordinary people who find themselves in the middle of extraordinary events become citizen reporters, thanks to modern technology like cell phones that take digital pictures and video ...

Some argue that the practice of citizen journalism – informing your community of events it needs to know about without financial remuneration – predates any idea of journalism as a profession.

Citizen journalism is often seen as more democratic form of journalism, where the public contributes to the reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. A sociologist and criminologist has ...

Over the past year, citizen journalists have been praised for breaking news and providing real-time documentation of major events.