Citizen Journalism

1. Pretty much citizen journalism is a public form of journalism
2. It is you or I - which are usually the audience - having an active role in reporting, analysing and disseminating news and information
3. It is citizen generated media
4. More and more news stations are encouraging citizens to submit images and sound files to their stations
5. It is information and reporting by the people for the people
6. Could also be called 'Citizen Media' - journalism is a profession and it provides the quality and breadth of content that keeps a large number of readers coming back for more
7. It is becoming increasingly popular with young people
8. One of the most remarkable features of the information revolution
9. Blogs are particularly relevant here - but not the only mechanism used for this type of journalism - perosnal technological devices are being used at astronomical rates
10. Big media is catching on
11. News is being broken through online mediums
12. Sometimes more accurate then the mainstream media
13. Citizen journalism needs curators