"The End of Newspapers: Reality and Information"
Looking at the so-called death of newspapers from the angle of authenticity and reliability of photojournalistic images.
"Citizen Journalism and the BBC
'… when major events occur, the public can offer us as much new information as we are able to broadcast to them. From now on, news coverage is a partnership.'
By Richard Sambrook
On the day of the London bombings, the BBC News's Web site used images sent to them by citizens who were affected by the attacks. On the site, people could learn how to submit their video, photographs and words for use by the BBC.
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"A Most Useful Definition of Citizen Journalism
It's mine, but it should be yours. Can we take the quote marks off now? Can we remove the "so-called" from in front?
When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that's citizen journalism.
There are other definitions, but they will have to be discussed in the comments."
"Citizen journalism." It's one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business these days. Many news executives are probably thinking about implementing some sort of citizen-journalism initiative; a small but growing number have already done so.
But there's plenty of confusion about citizen journalism. What exactly is it? Is this something that's going to be essential to the future prosperity of news companies?