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A quick summary of what a citizen journalist is and their role in today's news.

As with anything, there are two sides to every story. Some people think citizen journalism is a great thing! It can be a great tool, and way to promote interactivity between news people and the rest of the community,

Founded by New York University graduate Phil Groman (who now joins NBC's digital team), theyet-to-launch web service Stringwire lets users stream content from phones. Per the official release from NBC, Stringwire was created as a service for news organizations to request video from a network of verified contributors with connected mobile devices capable of streaming video across the globe. The service is part of NBC News' strategy to create different methods of eyewitness accounts that can be immediately connected to the newsroom and distributed to the public.

A CNN newscast about the decline of newspapers. The idea of a bailout, making newspapers nonprofit or tax free. 

A CNN newscast about the decline of newspapers. The idea of a bailout, making newspapers nonprofit or tax free. 

Proposed legislation by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the so-called "Free Flow of Information Act," which cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 12, would restrict protections afforded to the media under the principle of freedom of the press to salaried journalists, according to ActivistPost.com.

video posted on a citizen news site