Citizen journalist is the concept of
members of the public playing an active role in the process of collecting,
reporting, analyzing and dissemination news and information.
The ideas 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.
The ideas 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.
Citizen journalists may also be
activists within the communities they write about.
Moveover the pace at which citizen
journalist spread news or information is faster and quicker than that of a
trained professional journalist because of their use of communication
technology and the multiply people that have access to it.
There are some controversies over the term citizen journalism, because many professional journalist believe that only a trained journalist can understand the rigors and ethics involved in reporting the news.
There are some controversies over the term citizen journalism, because many professional journalist believe that only a trained journalist can understand the rigors and ethics involved in reporting the news.
In conclusion some citizen journalist
tends to invest more money to expand their field of work which leads to
dictationship to the editors which makes the news or information weak.
