The idea
behind citizen journalism is that people without professional journalism
training can use the tools of modern technology and the global distribution of
the Internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in
collaboration with others. For example, you might write about a city council
meeting on your blog or in an online forum. Or you could fact-check a newspaper
article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your
blog. Or you might snap a digital photo of a newsworthy event happening in your
town and post it online. Or you might videotape a similar event and post it on
a site such as YouTube.
All these
might be considered acts of journalism, even if they don't go beyond simple
observation at the scene of an important event. Because of the wide dispersion
of so many excellent tools for capturing live the average citizen can now make
news and distribute it globally, an act that was once the province of
established journalists and media companies.
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